updating the readme to give a better example of what can be done with rails xlsx

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8fc42120..d0d834f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,30 +196,51 @@ Styling Rows
 Rails 3
 
      #ImageMagick port needs to be confirgured --disable-openmp when using with rails3
-     # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2838307/why-is-this-rmagick-call-generating-a-segmentation-fault
+     #http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2838307/why-is-this-rmagick-call-generating-a-segmentation-fault
 
-     # 1. Add the gem to your Gemfile and bundle install
+     #Add the gem to your Gemfile and bundle install
+       gem 'axlsx'
 
-     gem 'axlsx'
-
-     # 2. Add 'acts_as_axslx' to your model
-
-     class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
-       acts_as_axlsx
-     end
+     # A Model that has id, name, title, content, vote, popularity, created_at and updated_at attributes 
+     class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
      
-     # 3. In your controlle, simply call to_xlsx against the class
-
-     class MyModelController < ApplicationController
+       # support for :include, :exclude, :only like ruport has not been implemented yet
+       acts_as_axlsx
 
-       #GET /posts/xlsx
-       def xlsx
-         p = MyModel.since(Time.now - 5.days).to_xlsx
-         p.serialize('my_model.xlsx')
-         send_file 'my_model.xlsx', :type=>"application/xlsx", :x_sendfile=>true
+       def report
+         # First generate your package from the model
+         # scopes, conditions etc are allowed but must be before the to_xlsx call.
+         p = Post.to_xlsx
+
+         # Add in some basic styles and formats
+         percent, date, header = nil, nil, nil
+         p.workbook.styles do |s|
+           percent = s.add_style :num_fmt=>9
+           date = s.add_style :format_code => 'yyyy/mm/dd'
+           header = s.add_style :bg_color => "FF000000", :fg_color => "FFFFFFFF", :alignment => {:horizontal=>:center}, :sz=>14
+         end
+
+         ws = p.workbook.worksheets.first
+  
+         # Update the row and columns style so they propery format data.
+         ws.row_style(0, header)
+         ws.col_style(5, percent, :row_offset=>1)
+         ws.col_style((6..7), date, :row_offset=>1)
+       
+         # Add a chart for good measure
+         ws.add_chart(Axlsx::Bar3DChart) do |chart|
+           chart.title='Post Votes'
+           chart.start_at 0, ws.rows.size
+           chart.end_at 4, ws.rows.size+20
+           chart.add_series :data => ws.cols[4][(1..-1)], :labels=>ws.cols[0][(1..-1)]
+         end
+    
+         p.serialize('posts.xlsx')
+         send_file 'posts.xlsx', :type=>"application/xlsx", :x_sendfile=>true
        end
      end
 
+
 ###Documentation
 
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