Excel.CommentReply class
Represents a comment reply in the workbook.
- Extends
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Properties
| author |
Gets the email of the comment reply's author. |
| author |
Gets the name of the comment reply's author. |
| content | The comment reply's content. The string is plain text. |
| content |
The content type of the reply. |
| context | The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process. |
| creation |
Gets the creation time of the comment reply. |
| id | Specifies the comment reply identifier. |
| mentions | The entities (e.g., people) that are mentioned in comments. |
| resolved | The comment reply status. A value of |
| rich |
The rich comment content (e.g., mentions in comments). This string is not meant to be displayed to end-users. Your add-in should only use this to parse rich comment content. |
Methods
| delete() | Deletes the comment reply. |
| get |
Gets the cell where this comment reply is located. |
| get |
Gets the parent comment of this reply. |
| load(options) | Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call |
| load(property |
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call |
| load(property |
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call |
| 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. |
| toJSON() | Overrides the JavaScript |
| update |
Updates the comment content with a specially formatted string and a list of mentions. |
Property Details
authorEmail
Gets the email of the comment reply's author.
readonly authorEmail: string;Property Value
string
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authorName
Gets the name of the comment reply's author.
readonly authorName: string;Property Value
string
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content
The comment reply's content. The string is plain text.
content: string;Property Value
string
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Examples
// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/excel/12-comment/comment-replies.yaml
await Excel.run(async (context) => {
const sheet = context.workbook.worksheets.getItem("Comments");
const comment = sheet.comments.getItemAt(0);
const reply = comment.replies.getItemAt(0);
reply.load("content");
// Sync to load the content of the comment reply.
await context.sync();
// Append "Please!" to the end of the comment reply.
reply.content += " Please!";
await context.sync();
});
contentType
The content type of the reply.
readonly contentType: Excel.ContentType | "Plain" | "Mention";Property Value
Excel.ContentType | "Plain" | "Mention"
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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
creationDate
Gets the creation time of the comment reply.
readonly creationDate: Date;Property Value
Date
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id
Specifies the comment reply identifier.
readonly id: string;Property Value
string
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mentions
The entities (e.g., people) that are mentioned in comments.
readonly mentions: Excel.CommentMention[];Property Value
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resolved
The comment reply status. A value of true means the reply is in the resolved state.
readonly resolved: boolean;Property Value
boolean
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richContent
The rich comment content (e.g., mentions in comments). This string is not meant to be displayed to end-users. Your add-in should only use this to parse rich comment content.
readonly richContent: string;Property Value
string
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Method Details
delete()
Deletes the comment reply.
delete(): void;Returns
void
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Examples
// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/excel/12-comment/comment-replies.yaml
await Excel.run(async (context) => {
// Remove the first comment reply from this worksheet's first comment.
const sheet = context.workbook.worksheets.getItem("Comments");
const comment = sheet.comments.getItemAt(0);
comment.replies.getItemAt(0).delete();
await context.sync();
});
getLocation()
Gets the cell where this comment reply is located.
getLocation(): Excel.Range;Returns
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getParentComment()
Gets the parent comment of this reply.
getParentComment(): Excel.Comment;Returns
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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.CommentReplyLoadOptions): Excel.CommentReply;Parameters
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.CommentReply;Parameters
- propertyNames
-
string | string[]
A comma-delimited string or an array of strings that specify the properties to load.
Returns
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.CommentReply;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.CommentReplyUpdateData, options?: OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions): void;Parameters
- properties
- Excel.Interfaces.CommentReplyUpdateData
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.CommentReply): void;Parameters
- properties
- Excel.CommentReply
Returns
void
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.CommentReply object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Excel.Interfaces.CommentReplyData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.
toJSON(): Excel.Interfaces.CommentReplyData;Returns
updateMentions(contentWithMentions)
Updates the comment content with a specially formatted string and a list of mentions.
updateMentions(contentWithMentions: Excel.CommentRichContent): void;Parameters
- contentWithMentions
- Excel.CommentRichContent
The content for the comment. This contains a specially formatted string and a list of mentions that will be parsed into the string when displayed by Excel.
Returns
void
Remarks
Office Add-ins