com.aspose.cells
Class ExternalLinkCollection

java.lang.Object
    com.aspose.cells.ExternalLinkCollection

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Iterable

public class ExternalLinkCollection 
extends java.lang.Object

//Open a file with external links
Workbook workbook = new Workbook("book1.xls");

//Change external link data source
workbook.getWorksheets().getExternalLinks().get(0).setDataSource("d:\\link.xls");

public int getCount()

Gets the number of elements actually contained in the collection.

public ExternalLink get(int index)

Gets the ExternalLink element at the specified index.

Parameters:

index - The zero based index of the element.

Returns:

The element at the specified index.

public int add(java.lang.String fileName, java.lang.String[] sheetNames)

Adds an external link.

Parameters:

fileName - The external file name.

sheetNames - All sheet names of the external file.

Returns:

The position of the external name in this list.

public int add(int directoryType, java.lang.String fileName, java.lang.String[] sheetNames)

Add an external link .

Parameters:

directoryType - A DirectoryType value. The directory type of the file name.

fileName - the file name.

sheetNames - All sheet names of the external file.

Returns:

The position of the external name in this list.

public void clear()

Removes all external links.

When removing external links, all formulas that reference to them will be removed too because the references become invalid.

public void clear(boolean updateReferencesAsLocal)

Removes all external links.

If references are required to be updated, references to external links in formulas will be changed to current workbook. For example, one cell's original formula is "='externalsource.xlam'!customfunction()", after removing external links, the formula will become "=customfunction()". If references are not required to be updated, all formulas with references to external links will be removed too because those references become invalid.

Parameters:

updateReferencesAsLocal - Whether update all references of external links as references of current workbook itself.

public void removeAt(int index)

Removes the specified external link from the workbook.

When removing the external link, all formulas that reference to it will be removed too because the references become invalid.

Parameters:

index - the index of the external link to be removed.

public void removeAt(int index, boolean updateReferencesAsLocal)

Removes the specified external link from the workbook.

If references are required to be updated, references to external links in formulas will be changed to current workbook. For example, the external link to be removed is "externalsource.xlam" and it defines one custom function "customfunction()", one cell's original formula is "='externalsource.xlam'!customfunction()", after removing the formula will become "=customfunction()". If reference are not required to be updated, all formulas with reference to this external link will be removed too because those references become invalid.

Parameters:

index - the index of the external link to be removed.

updateReferencesAsLocal - Whether update all references of given external link to reference of current workbook itself.

public java.util.Iterator iterator()

Get an enumerator that iterates through this collection.

Returns: