Excel.Application class

Represents the Excel application that manages the workbook.

Extends

Remarks

[ API set: ExcelApi 1.1 ]

Properties

calculationMode

Returns the calculation mode used in the workbook, as defined by the constants in Excel.CalculationMode. Possible values are: Automatic, where Excel controls recalculation; AutomaticExceptTables, where Excel controls recalculation but ignores changes in tables; Manual, where calculation is done when the user requests it.

context

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

Methods

calculate(calculationType)

Recalculate all currently opened workbooks in Excel.

calculate(calculationTypeString)

Recalculate all currently opened workbooks in Excel.

load(options)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNames)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

set(properties, options)

Sets multiple properties of an object at the same time. You can pass either a plain object with the appropriate properties, or another API object of the same type.

set(properties)

Sets multiple properties on the object at the same time, based on an existing loaded object.

suspendApiCalculationUntilNextSync()

Suspends calculation until the next context.sync() is called. Once set, it is the developer's responsibility to re-calc the workbook, to ensure that any dependencies are propagated.

toJSON()

Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original Excel.Application object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Excel.Interfaces.ApplicationData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

Property Details

calculationMode

Returns the calculation mode used in the workbook, as defined by the constants in Excel.CalculationMode. Possible values are: Automatic, where Excel controls recalculation; AutomaticExceptTables, where Excel controls recalculation but ignores changes in tables; Manual, where calculation is done when the user requests it.

calculationMode: Excel.CalculationMode | "Automatic" | "AutomaticExceptTables" | "Manual";

Property Value

Excel.CalculationMode | "Automatic" | "AutomaticExceptTables" | "Manual"

Remarks

[ API set: ExcelApi 1.1 for get, 1.8 for set ]

context

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

context: RequestContext;

Property Value

Method Details

calculate(calculationType)

Recalculate all currently opened workbooks in Excel.

calculate(calculationType: Excel.CalculationType): void;

Parameters

calculationType
Excel.CalculationType

Specifies the calculation type to use. See Excel.CalculationType for details.

Returns

void

Remarks

[ API set: ExcelApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/excel/90-scenarios/performance-optimization.yaml

await Excel.run(async (context) => {
  context.application.calculate(Excel.CalculationType.full);
});

calculate(calculationTypeString)

Recalculate all currently opened workbooks in Excel.

calculate(calculationTypeString: "Recalculate" | "Full" | "FullRebuild"): void;

Parameters

calculationTypeString

"Recalculate" | "Full" | "FullRebuild"

Specifies the calculation type to use. See Excel.CalculationType for details.

Returns

void

Remarks

[ API set: ExcelApi 1.1 ]

Examples

await Excel.run(async (context) => {
    context.workbook.application.calculate('Full');
    await context.sync();
});

load(options)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(options?: Excel.Interfaces.ApplicationLoadOptions): Excel.Application;

Parameters

options
Excel.Interfaces.ApplicationLoadOptions

Provides options for which properties of the object to load.

Returns

load(propertyNames)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): Excel.Application;

Parameters

propertyNames

string | string[]

A comma-delimited string or an array of strings that specify the properties to load.

Returns

Examples

await Excel.run(async (context) => {
    const application = context.workbook.application;
    application.load('calculationMode');
    await context.sync();

    console.log(application.calculationMode);
});

load(propertyNamesAndPaths)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: {
            select?: string;
            expand?: string;
        }): Excel.Application;

Parameters

propertyNamesAndPaths

{ select?: string; expand?: string; }

propertyNamesAndPaths.select is a comma-delimited string that specifies the properties to load, and propertyNamesAndPaths.expand is a comma-delimited string that specifies the navigation properties to load.

Returns

set(properties, options)

Sets multiple properties of an object at the same time. You can pass either a plain object with the appropriate properties, or another API object of the same type.

set(properties: Interfaces.ApplicationUpdateData, options?: OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions): void;

Parameters

properties
Excel.Interfaces.ApplicationUpdateData

A JavaScript object with properties that are structured isomorphically to the properties of the object on which the method is called.

options
OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions

Provides an option to suppress errors if the properties object tries to set any read-only properties.

Returns

void

set(properties)

Sets multiple properties on the object at the same time, based on an existing loaded object.

set(properties: Excel.Application): void;

Parameters

properties
Excel.Application

Returns

void

suspendApiCalculationUntilNextSync()

Suspends calculation until the next context.sync() is called. Once set, it is the developer's responsibility to re-calc the workbook, to ensure that any dependencies are propagated.

suspendApiCalculationUntilNextSync(): void;

Returns

void

Remarks

[ API set: ExcelApi 1.6 ]

toJSON()

Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original Excel.Application object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Excel.Interfaces.ApplicationData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

toJSON(): Excel.Interfaces.ApplicationData;

Returns