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Builds a barebone Google Doc from Google Sheet entries
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var folderName = "New Copy Center Jobs"; | |
var columnsToSkip = 2; | |
function createDocument(lastRow) { | |
const doc = createDoc(); | |
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet(); | |
const fullRangeValues = sheet.getDataRange().getValues(); | |
const titles = fullRangeValues[0]; | |
const data = lastRow ? fullRangeValues : sheet.getActiveRange().getValues(); | |
const start = lastRow ? data.length - 1 : 0; | |
populateDocument(doc, titles, data, start); | |
displayMessage(doc); | |
} | |
function populateDocument(doc, titles, data, start) { | |
const body = doc.getBody(); | |
for (var i = start; i < data.length; i++) { | |
for (var j = columnsToSkip; j < data[i].length; j++) { | |
if (titles[j]) { | |
var paragraph = body.appendParagraph(""); | |
var key = paragraph.insertText(0, titles[j] + ": "); | |
key.setBold(true); | |
var value = paragraph.insertText(1, data[i][j] || " "); | |
value.setBold(false); | |
} | |
} | |
if (i + 1 != data.length) body.appendPageBreak(); | |
} | |
} | |
function createDoc() { | |
const doc = DocumentApp.create(generateFileName()); | |
const folder = createFolder(); | |
moveToFolder(doc, folder); | |
return doc; | |
} | |
function generateFileName() { | |
const timestamp = new Date(); | |
return "Form Entries " + timestamp.toTimeString(); | |
} | |
function displayMessage(doc) { | |
const htmlOutput = HtmlService | |
.createHtmlOutput('<p>Click to open <a href="' + doc.getUrl() + '" target="_blank">' + doc.getName() + '</a></p>') | |
.setWidth(300) | |
.setHeight(80) | |
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModalDialog(htmlOutput, 'Export Successful') | |
} | |
function moveToFolder(doc, folder) { | |
const file = DriveApp.getFileById(doc.getId()); | |
const root = DriveApp.getRootFolder(); | |
folder.addFile(file); | |
root.removeFile(file); | |
} | |
function createFolder() { | |
var folders = DriveApp.getFoldersByName(folderName); | |
if (folders.hasNext()) { | |
return folders.next(); | |
} else { | |
return DriveApp.createFolder(folderName); | |
} | |
} | |
function createDocumentFromSelection() { | |
createDocument(false); | |
} | |
function createDocumentFromLastRow() { | |
createDocument(true); | |
} | |
function onOpen(e) { | |
SpreadsheetApp.getUi() | |
.createAddonMenu() | |
.addItem('Create document from selection', 'createDocumentFromSelection') | |
.addItem('Create document from last row', 'createDocumentFromLastRow') | |
.addToUi(); | |
} | |
function onInstall(e) { | |
onOpen(e); | |
} |
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