NEWS

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openxlsx2Extras 0.0.0.9000

• Increase minimum required version of openxlsx2 to 1.23, which introduced the na argument used by wb_add_data_ext() and write_xlsx_ext().
• read_xlsx_ext() now accepts vector file or sheet arguments to read multiple files or sheets, combined into a single data frame by default (controlled by the new combine, names_from, and names_to arguments). (2025-09-05)
• read_xlsx_ext() now accepts a wbWorkbook object for file when the workbook has an existing file path. (2025-12-24)
• wb_add_data_ext() gains a labels = "comments" option to add column labels as cell comments instead of an extra row. (2025-10-20)
• Fix wb_add_data_ext() labels = "row_before" handling, which referenced the wrong object and did not handle missing labels. (2025-10-20)
• wb_add_data_ext() and write_xlsx_ext() gain a na argument matching openxlsx2::wb_add_data(). The na.strings argument is soft-deprecated in favor of na.
• Add wb_dims_ext() helper extending openxlsx2::wb_dims() with workbook input and tidyselect support for the cols argument. (2025-08-04)
• wb_cols_to_dims(), wb_cols_to_index(), wb_sheets_cols_to_dims(), and wb_dims_ext() gain start_row and start_col arguments, and wb_sheets_cols_to_dims() now de-duplicates character cols input. (2025-10-21)
• Add wb_protect_worksheets() function to protect multiple worksheets at once. (2025-10-20)
• Add wb_rename_data() function to rename workbook columns using tidyselect syntax. (2025-10-20)
• Add wb_rename_sheets() and wb_rename_sheets_with() functions to rename workbook sheets using tidyselect syntax. (2025-10-20)
• Add set_sheet_list_names(), as_sheet_names(), and as_sheet_list() utility functions (based on existing openxlsx2 code). (2024-12-02)
• Add prep_wb_data() function (see #4, 2024-12-02).
• Add read_xlsx_ext(), write_xlsx_ext() (#3), and wb_add_data_ext() functions (2024-11-10).
• Add set_excel_fmt_class() function.
• Add wb_add_marquee_text() and fmt_marquee_txt() functions.
• Add wb_add_styles() function for passing multiple styles in a list. Provide common_dxfs_styles as a prepared named list of styles. (2025-01-25)
• Add as_data_validation_value() helper function. (2025-01-25)
• Publish package to GitHub (2024-10-21).