Need help adding formatting while using "WriteExcel" for spreadsheet

Hello Team,

I am putting together a simple program that basically reads some dated
data
and creates a speadsheet. I started using WriteExcel to create the
spreadsheet and I have couple questions that perhaps someone out there
can
help me with.

I am copying the code here but please note that the code ONLY generates
the
spreadsheet, I would like to be able to generate the graph also.

I wanted to know:

  1. How do I select a different color for the first row, not just for
    a
    single cell?
  2. How do I set a larger font for the first row, a different size for
    the third row and “normal” for the rest of the sheet?
  3. How can I generate the bar graph that corresponds to the
    spreadsheet,
    like the one shown below, which I manually created?

If someone can point me to some documentation or sample that will be
great.

Thank you

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require ‘rubygems’
require ‘writeexcel’
require ‘pp’

fn = “/home/rb/MyData/lpr_time.log.*”

msg_types = [‘DATE’, ‘read’, “entry”, “delete”, “alarm”, “hotlist”,
“site”]

fnls = Dir["#{fn}"].sort # Create fnls = file names list in
chronological order

puts fnls

r = fnls.size # Number of files to be processed = number
of
rows
msg_count = Array.new(r+1) {Array.new(7) {0}} # r+1 = 1 additional
row
for the headings

r = 0; c = 0;
msg_types.each do |t|
msg_count[r][c] = t.upcase # For spreadsheet heading, make it
uppercase
c += 1
end

pp msg_count

r += 1 # Point to row 1
fnls.each do |f| # Process each file
lp,lg,dt = f.split(’.’) # Get date part from fn
6.times do |c| # Process each column
if c == 0 # When in r=0,c=0 Write date
fdate = Date.parse(dt).strftime("%a%b%d%Y") # Will go
from:
20130611 to 2013-06-11 to TueJun112013
msg_count[r][c] = fdate # Write date to column 0
else
mtc = grep -c #{msg_types[c]} #{f} # Get Message Type
Count
msg_count[r][c] = mtc.to_i
end # if
#pp msg_count
end # 6.times
r += 1
end # each
#pp msg_count

workbook = WriteExcel.new(“lpr_wb01.xls”)
worksheet1 = workbook.add_worksheet(‘Sheet 1’)
format = workbook.add_format(:color => ‘red’, :bold => 1)
format_cmd = workbook.add_format(:color => ‘blue’, :bold => 1)

worksheet1.write(‘A1’, “WebSphere MQ Weekly Report”, format_cmd)
worksheet1.write(‘A3’, [ msg_count ], format_cmd )
workbook.close

Have you looked at this?
http://writeexcel.web.fc2.com/en/doc_en.html#add_chart

NOPE, but I will right now.

Thank you