tab_colors.c

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Example of how to set Excel worksheet tab colors.

/*
 * Example of how to set Excel worksheet tab colors using libxlsxwriter.
 *
 * Copyright 2014-2024, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
 *
 */
 
#include "xlsxwriter.h"
 
int main() {
 
    lxw_workbook  *workbook   = workbook_new("tab_colors.xlsx");
 
    /* Set up some worksheets. */
    lxw_worksheet *worksheet1 = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
    lxw_worksheet *worksheet2 = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
    lxw_worksheet *worksheet3 = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
    lxw_worksheet *worksheet4 = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
 
 
    /* Set the tab colors. */
    worksheet_set_tab_color(worksheet1, LXW_COLOR_RED);
    worksheet_set_tab_color(worksheet2, LXW_COLOR_GREEN);
    worksheet_set_tab_color(worksheet3, 0xFF9900); /* Orange. */
 
    /* worksheet4 will have the default color. */
    worksheet_write_string(worksheet4, 0, 0, "Hello", NULL);
 
    workbook_close(workbook);
 
    return 0;
}