Further refinements to Conditional format, made new test more robust

AddConditionalFormatting.ps1

@@ -168,10 +168,11 @@
     if     ($RuleType -match "Than|Equal|Between" ) {
         if ($ConditionValue) {
                 $number = $Null
+                #if the condition type is not a value type, but parses as a number, make it the number
                 if ($ConditionValue -isnot [System.ValueType] -and [Double]::TryParse($ConditionValue, [System.Globalization.NumberStyles]::Any, [System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo]::CurrentInfo, [Ref]$number) ) {
                          $ConditionValue  = $number
-                }
+                } #else if it is not a value type, or a formula, or wrapped in quotes, wrap it in quotes.
-                elseif (($ConditionValue  -notmatch '^=') -and ($ConditionValue  -notmatch '^".*"$') ) {
+                elseif (($ConditionValue -isnot [System.ValueType])-and ($ConditionValue  -notmatch '^=') -and ($ConditionValue  -notmatch '^".*"$') ) {
                          $ConditionValue  = '"' + $ConditionValue +'"'
                 }
         }
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
                 if ($ConditionValue -isnot [System.ValueType] -and [Double]::TryParse($ConditionValue2, [System.Globalization.NumberStyles]::Any, [System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo]::CurrentInfo, [Ref]$number) ) {
                          $ConditionValue2 = $number
                 }
-                elseif (($ConditionValue2 -notmatch '^=') -and ($ConditionValue2 -notmatch '^".*"$') ) {
+                elseif (($ConditionValue -isnot [System.ValueType]) -and ($ConditionValue2 -notmatch '^=') -and ($ConditionValue2 -notmatch '^".*"$') ) {
                          $ConditionValue2  = '"' + $ConditionValue2 + '"'
                 }
         }

Export-Excel.ps1

@@ -594,16 +594,6 @@
             }
         }
         catch {throw "Could not get worksheet $worksheetname"}
-        try   {
-            foreach ($format in $ConditionalFormat ) {
-                switch ($format.formatter) {
-                    "ThreeIconSet" {Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws -ThreeIconsSet $format.IconType -range $format.range -reverse:$format.reverse  }
-                    "FourIconSet"  {Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws  -FourIconsSet $format.IconType -range $format.range -reverse:$format.reverse  }
-                    "FiveIconSet"  {Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws  -FiveIconsSet $format.IconType -range $format.range -reverse:$format.reverse  }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch {throw "Error applying confitional formatting to worksheet"}
         try {
             if ($Append -and $ws.Dimension) {
                 #if there is a title or anything else above the header row, append needs to be combined wih a suitable startrow parameter
@@ -961,20 +951,30 @@
                 Add-ExcelChart -Worksheet $ws @params
             }
         }
-
+        # It now doesn't matter if the conditional formating rules are passed in $conditionalText or $conditional format.
-        foreach ($ct in $ConditionalText) {
+        # Just one with an alias for compatiblity it will break things for people who are using both at once
+        foreach ($c in  (@() + $ConditionalText  +  $ConditionalFormat) ) {
             try {
-                $cfParams = @{RuleType = $ct.ConditionalType;    ConditionValue = $ct.text ;
+                if ($c.ConditionalType) {
-                       BackgroundColor = $ct.BackgroundColor; BackgroundPattern = $ct.PatternType  ;
+                    $cfParams = @{RuleType = $c.ConditionalType;    ConditionValue = $c.Text ;
-                       ForeGroundColor = $ct.ConditionalTextColor
+                           BackgroundColor = $c.BackgroundColor; BackgroundPattern = $c.PatternType  ;
-                }
+                           ForeGroundColor = $c.ConditionalTextColor}
-                if ($ct.Range) {$cfParams.range = $ct.range} else { $cfParams.Range = $ws.Dimension.Address }
+                    if ($c.Range) {$cfParams.Range = $c.Range}
+                    else          {$cfParams.Range = $ws.Dimension.Address }
                     Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws @cfParams
-                Write-Verbose -Message "Added conditional formatting to range $($ct.range)"
+                    Write-Verbose -Message "Added conditional formatting to range $($c.range)"
                 }
-            catch {Write-Warning -Message "Failed adding conditional formatting to worksheet '$WorksheetName': $_"}
+                elseif ($c.formatter)  {
+                    switch ($c.formatter) {
+                        "ThreeIconSet" {Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws -ThreeIconsSet $c.IconType -range $c.range -reverse:$c.reverse  }
+                        "FourIconSet"  {Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws  -FourIconsSet $c.IconType -range $c.range -reverse:$c.reverse  }
+                        "FiveIconSet"  {Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $ws  -FiveIconsSet $c.IconType -range $c.range -reverse:$c.reverse  }
+                    }
+                    Write-Verbose -Message "Added conditional formatting to range $($c.range)"
+                }
+            }
+            catch {throw "Error applying confitional formatting to worksheet $_"}
         }
-
         if ($CellStyleSB) {
             try {
                 $TotalRows = $ws.Dimension.Rows

README.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Install-Module ImportExcel -scope CurrentUser
 Install-Module ImportExcel
 ```
 - Lots of help improvements. 
-- Conditional formatting can now support named ranges, and booleans in the as a condition. 
+- Conditional formatting can now support named ranges, and booleans in the sheet as a condition. Also brought the two different kinds together inside export-excel
 - Improved handling of hyperlinks. 
 - Moved logic for adding a named range out of Export-Excel  and into new function named Add-ExcelName, and  for adding a table into a function named Add-Excel table; this is to make it easier to do these things independently of Export-Excel but minimize duplication. Add-Table command can now toggle the options from table tools toolbar (show totals etc)  
 - Fixed issues where formatting could be reset when using Export-Excel to manipulate an existing sheet without appending data; this applied to number formats and tables.

__tests__/First10Races.tests.ps1

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-Describe "Creating small named ranges with hyperlinks" {
+$scriptPath      = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.path -Parent
+$dataPath        = Join-Path  -Path $scriptPath -ChildPath "First10Races.csv"
+        
+Describe "Creating small named ranges with hyperlinks" {
     BeforeAll {
         $path    = "$env:TEMP\Results.xlsx"
         Remove-Item -Path $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-
         #Read race results, and group by race name : export 1 row to get headers, leaving enough rows aboce to put in a link for each race
-        $results = Import-Csv -Path .\First10Races.csv | Group-Object -Property RACE
+        $results = Import-Csv -Path $dataPath | Group-Object -Property RACE
         $topRow  = $lastDataRow = 1 + $results.Count
         $excel   = $results[0].Group[0] | Export-Excel -Path $path -StartRow $TopRow  -BoldTopRow -PassThru