Updates to examples . Minor bug fix to format in Merge-Multiple

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ConditionalText.ps1

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$file = ".\conditionalTextFormatting.xlsx"
+$file = "$env:temp\conditionalTextFormatting.xlsx"
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
 
 Get-Service |
     Select-Object Status, Name, DisplayName, ServiceName |
     Export-Excel $file -Show -AutoSize -AutoFilter -ConditionalText $(
-        New-ConditionalText stop
-        New-ConditionalText runn darkblue cyan
-        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType EndsWith svc wheat green
-        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType BeginsWith windows darkgreen wheat
+        New-ConditionalText stop                                                  #Stop is the condition value, the rule is defaults to 'Contains text' and the default Colors are used
+        New-ConditionalText runn darkblue cyan                                    #runn is the condition value, the rule is defaults to 'Contains text'; the foregroundColur is darkblue and the background is cyan
+        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType EndsWith svc wheat green             #the rule here is 'Ends with' and the value is 'svc' the forground is wheat and the background dark green
+        New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType BeginsWith windows darkgreen wheat   #this is 'Begins with "Windows"' the forground is dark green and the background wheat
     )

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ContainsBlanks.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
+#Define a "Contains blanks" rule. No format is specified so it default to dark-red text on light-pink background.
 $ContainsBlanks = New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType ContainsBlanks
 
 $data = $(
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ $data = $(
     New-PSItem g h i
 )
 
-$file ="c:\temp\testblanks.xlsx"
+$file ="$env:temp\testblanks.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction Ignore
+#use the conditional format definition created above
 $data | Export-Excel $file -show -ConditionalText $ContainsBlanks

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/Databar.ps1

@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-Remove-Item -Path .\test.xlsx -ErrorAction Ignore
+$path = "$env:temp\test.xlsx"
+Remove-Item -Path $path -ErrorAction Ignore
 
+#Export processes, and get an ExcelPackage object representing the file.
 $excel = Get-Process |
     Select-Object -Property Name,Company,Handles,CPU,PM,NPM,WS |
-    Export-Excel -Path .\test.xlsx -ClearSheet -WorkSheetname "Processes" -PassThru
+    Export-Excel -Path $path -ClearSheet -WorkSheetname "Processes" -PassThru
 
 $sheet = $excel.Workbook.Worksheets["Processes"]
-$sheet.Column(1) | Set-Format -Bold -AutoFit
+
+#Apply fixed formatting to columns. Set-Format is an Alias for Set-Excel Range, -NFormat is an alias for numberformat
+$sheet.Column(1) | Set-ExcelRange -Bold -AutoFit
 $sheet.Column(2) | Set-Format -Width 29 -WrapText
 $sheet.Column(3) | Set-Format -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,###"
 
-Set-Format -Address $sheet.Cells["E1:H1048576"]  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,###"
-Set-Format -Address $sheet.Column(4)  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,##0.0" -Bold
+Set-ExcelRange -Range -Address $sheet.Cells["E1:H1048576"]  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,###"
+#Set-Format is an alias for Set-ExcelRange
+Set-Format -Range   $sheet.Column(4)  -HorizontalAlignment Right -NFormat "#,##0.0" -Bold
+#In Set-ExcelRange / Set-Format "-Address" is an alias for "-Range"
 Set-Format -Address $sheet.Row(1) -Bold -HorizontalAlignment Center
 
-Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Range "D2:D1048576" -DataBarColor Red
-Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Range "G2:G1048576" -RuleType GreaterThan -ConditionValue "104857600"  -ForeGroundColor Red
+#Create a Red Data-bar for the values in Column D
+Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Address "D2:D1048576" -DataBarColor Red
+# Conditional formatting applies to "Addreses" aliases allow either "Range" or "Address" to be used in Set-ExcelRange or Add-Conditional formatting.
+Add-ConditionalFormatting -WorkSheet $sheet -Range  "G2:G1048576" -RuleType GreaterThan -ConditionValue "104857600"  -ForeGroundColor Red
 
 foreach ($c in 5..9) {Set-Format -Address $sheet.Column($c)  -AutoFit }
 
+#Create a pivot and save the file.
 Export-Excel -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "Processes" -IncludePivotChart -ChartType ColumnClustered -NoLegend -PivotRows company  -PivotData @{'Name'='Count'}  -Show

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/FormatCalculations.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-$f = ".\testExport.xlsx"
+$f = "$env:TEMP\testExport.xlsx"
 
 Remove-Item $f -ErrorAction Ignore
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ $data = $(
     New-PSItem Westerly 120
     New-PSItem SouthWest 118
 )
+# in this example instead of doing $variable = New-Conditional text <parameters> .... ; Export-excel -conditionalText $variable <other parameters>
+# the syntax is used is Export-excel -conditionalText (New-Conditional text <parameters>) <other parameters>
 
 
 #$data  | Export-Excel $f -Show -AutoSize -ConditionalText (New-ConditionalText -ConditionalType AboveAverage)

Examples/ConditionalFormatting/GetProcess.ps1

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 try {. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\LoadPSD1.ps1} catch {}
 
-Remove-Item .\testExport.xlsx -ErrorAction Ignore
+Remove-Item "$env:TEMP\testExport.xlsx" -ErrorAction Ignore
 
 Get-Process | Where-Object Company | Select-Object Company, Name, PM, Handles, *mem* |
 
-    Export-Excel .\testExport.xlsx -Show -AutoSize -AutoNameRange `
+#This example creates a 3 Icon set for the values in the "PM column, and Highlights company names (anywhere in the data) with different colors
+
+    Export-Excel "$env:TEMP\testExport.xlsx" -Show -AutoSize -AutoNameRange `
         -ConditionalFormat $(
             New-ConditionalFormattingIconSet -Range "C:C" `
                 -ConditionalFormat ThreeIconSet -IconType Arrows