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XL.Book.DeleteSheetsExcept

Deletes all sheets except the one with given name.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
XL 5.4 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "XL.Book.DeleteSheetsExcept"; bookRef; Name )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
bookRef The reference to the workbook. Please use XL.LoadBook to load a file. $ref
Name The name of the sheet to keep. "People"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Deletes all sheets except the one with given name.
Returns error if sheet name is not found.
On success, the book has only one sheet left.
If the sheet to delete is referenced by other sheets, this may cause problems.

Examples

Delete all sheets except one:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("XL.Book.DeleteSheetsExcept"; $bookRef; "Reiter 2")]

See also

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Created 4th November 2015, last changed 4th November 2015


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