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wd_perf

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Tab name lengths over 31 chars corrupt Excel export
« on: November 10, 2022, 11:54:51 pm »
Export functionality in getWBook() should limit sheet names to 31 characters so that when the spreadsheet is opened in Excel, it does not cause an error. Excel requires tab names < 32 characters long.

I modified getWBook to call a getUniqueSheetName function that keeps track of used names and returns:

verylongnamethatcrashesexcelverylongnamethatcrashesexcel
anotherverylongnamethatcrashesexcelverylongnamethatcrashesexcel
athirdverylongnamethatcrashesexcelverylongnamethatcrashesexcel
-->
verylongnamethatcrashesexcelver
verylongnamethatcrashesexcelve2
verylongnamethatcrashesexcelve3

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Re: Tab name lengths over 31 chars corrupt Excel export
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2022, 12:36:39 pm »
Tabs UI doesn't allow tab names more than 31 characters.

This issue doesn't arise unless worksheet names are updated in the javascript workbook directly.