JuliaData · nhz2 · Mar 21, 2026 · Mar 21, 2026
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+* text=auto eol=lf
+*.{cmd,[cC][mM][dD]} text eol=crlf
+*.{bat,[bB][aA][tT]} text eol=crlf
diff --git a/Artifacts.toml b/Artifacts.toml
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors = ["Felipe Noronha <felipenoris@gmail.com>"]
 repo = "https://github.com/juliadata/XLSX.jl.git"
 
 [deps]
-Artifacts = "56f22d72-fd6d-98f1-02f0-08ddc0907c33"
 Colors = "5ae59095-9a9b-59fe-a467-6f913c188581"
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
 Mmap = "a63ad114-7e13-5084-954f-fe012c677804"

diff --git a/artifacts_scripts/Project.toml b/artifacts_scripts/Project.toml
diff --git a/artifacts_scripts/build_artifacts.jl b/artifacts_scripts/build_artifacts.jl
diff --git a/data/sheet_template.xml b/data/sheet_template.xml
diff --git a/relocatable_data/blank.xlsx b/relocatable_data/blank.xlsx
diff --git a/src/XLSX.jl b/src/XLSX.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 module XLSX
 
-import Artifacts
 import Base.convert
 import Base.Threads
 import Colors
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ PCT.@setup_workload begin
     PCT.@compile_workload begin
         # all calls in this block will be precompiled, regardless of whether
         # they belong to your package or not (on Julia 1.8 and higher)
-        f=openxlsx(joinpath(_relocatable_data_path(), "blank.xlsx"), mode="rw")
+        f=openxlsx(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "blank.xlsx"), mode="rw")
         f[1]["A1:Z26"] = "hello World"
         openxlsx(s, mode="w") do xf
             xf[1][1:26, 1:26] = pi

diff --git a/data/blank.xlsx → src/data/blank.xlsx b/data/blank.xlsx → src/data/blank.xlsx
diff --git a/relocatable_data/metadata.xml → src/data/metadata.xml b/relocatable_data/metadata.xml → src/data/metadata.xml
diff --git a/relocatable_data/sheet_template.xml → src/data/sheet_template.xml b/relocatable_data/sheet_template.xml → src/data/sheet_template.xml
diff --git a/src/formula.jl b/src/formula.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# metadata.xml should perhaps better be a package artifact. Put it here in the meantime.
-const metadata = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<metadata xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xda="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2017/dynamicarray"><metadataTypes count="1"><metadataType name="XLDAPR" minSupportedVersion="120000" copy="1" pasteAll="1" pasteValues="1" merge="1" splitFirst="1" rowColShift="1" clearFormats="1" clearComments="1" assign="1" coerce="1" cellMeta="1"/></metadataTypes><futureMetadata name="XLDAPR" count="1"><bk><extLst><ext uri="{bdbb8cdc-fa1e-496e-a857-3c3f30c029c3}"><xda:dynamicArrayProperties fDynamic="1" fCollapsed="0"/></ext></extLst></bk></futureMetadata><cellMetadata count="1"><bk><rc t="1" v="0"/></bk></cellMetadata></metadata>"""
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+include_dependency(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "metadata.xml"))
+const METADATA_XML_DATA = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "metadata.xml"))
 
 const RGX_FORMULA_SHEET_CELL = r"!\$?[A-Z]+\$?[0-9]" # to recognise sheetcell references like "otherSheet!A1"
 
@@ -616,8 +613,7 @@ function process_dynamic_array_functions(xf::XLSXFile, cellref::CellRef, val::St
         ref = cellname(cellref) * ":" * cellname(cellref)
         cm = "1"
         if !haskey(xf.files, "xl/metadata.xml") # add metadata.xml on first use of a dynamicArray formula
-            #            xf.data["xl/metadata.xml"] = XML.Node(XML.Raw(read(joinpath(_relocatable_data_path(), "metadata.xml"))))
-            xf.data["xl/metadata.xml"] = parse(metadata, XML.Node)
+            xf.data["xl/metadata.xml"] = XML.Node(XML.Raw(copy(METADATA_XML_DATA)))
             xf.files["xl/metadata.xml"] = true # set file as read
             add_override!(xf, "/xl/metadata.xml", "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetMetadata+xml")
             rId = add_relationship!(get_workbook(xf), "metadata.xml", "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/sheetMetadata")

diff --git a/src/read.jl b/src/read.jl
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ opentemplate(source::Union{AbstractString,IO})::XLSXFile = open_or_read_xlsx(sou
 
 @inline open_xlsx_template(source::Union{AbstractString,IO})::XLSXFile = open_or_read_xlsx(source, true, true, true)
 
-function _relocatable_data_path(; path::AbstractString=Artifacts.artifact"XLSX_relocatable_data")
-    return path
-end
-
 """
     newxlsx([sheetname::AbstractString]; update_timestamp::Bool) :: XLSXFile
 
@@ -153,15 +149,15 @@ function fix_datestamp!(xf::XLSXFile)
     return nothing
 end
 
+include_dependency(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "blank.xlsx"))
+const BLANK_XLSX_DATA = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "blank.xlsx"))
+
 function open_empty_template(
     sheetname::AbstractString="";
-    path::AbstractString=_relocatable_data_path(),
+    empty_template_data::Vector{UInt8}=BLANK_XLSX_DATA,
     update_timestamp::Bool=true
 )::XLSXFile
-
-    empty_excel_template = joinpath(path, "blank.xlsx")
-    !isfile(empty_excel_template) && throw(XLSXError("Couldn't find template file $empty_excel_template."))
-    xf = open_xlsx_template(empty_excel_template)
+    xf = open_xlsx_template(IOBuffer(empty_template_data))
     xf[1].cache.is_full = true
 
     if sheetname != ""

diff --git a/src/write.jl b/src/write.jl
@@ -1110,6 +1110,9 @@ function renamesheet!(ws::Worksheet, name::AbstractString)
     nothing
 end
 
+include_dependency(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "sheet_template.xml"))
+const SHEET_TEMPLATE_XML_DATA = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "data", "sheet_template.xml"))
+
 """
     addsheet!(wb::Workbook, [name::AbstractString=""]) --> ::Worksheet
     addsheet!(xf::XLSXFile, [name::AbstractString=""]) --> ::Worksheet
@@ -1121,10 +1124,9 @@ See also [renamesheet!](@ref), [copysheet!](@ref), [deletesheet!](@ref)
 
 """
 addsheet!(xl::XLSXFile, name::AbstractString="")::Worksheet = addsheet!(get_workbook(xl), name)::Worksheet
-function addsheet!(wb::Workbook, name::AbstractString=""; relocatable_data_path::String=_relocatable_data_path())::Worksheet
-    file_sheet_template = joinpath(relocatable_data_path, "sheet_template.xml")
-    !isfile(file_sheet_template) && throw(XLSXError("Couldn't find template file $file_sheet_template."))
-    bytes = read(file_sheet_template)
+function addsheet!(wb::Workbook, name::AbstractString=""; sheet_template_data::Vector{UInt8}=SHEET_TEMPLATE_XML_DATA)::Worksheet
+    # Copy so the global SHEET_TEMPLATE_DATA isn't accidentally changed
+    bytes = copy(sheet_template_data)
     f, _ = skipNode(XML.Raw(bytes), "sheetData")
     xdoc = XML.Node(XML.Raw(f))
 

diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ data_directory = joinpath(dirname(pathof(XLSX)), "..", "data")
 
 @assert isdir(data_directory)
 
+src_data_directory = joinpath(dirname(pathof(XLSX)), "data")
+
+@assert isdir(src_data_directory)
+
 @testset "read test files" begin
     ef_blank_ptbr_1904 = XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(data_directory, "blank_ptbr_1904.xlsx"))
     ef_Book1 = XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(data_directory, "Book1.xlsx"))
@@ -74,9 +78,9 @@ data_directory = joinpath(dirname(pathof(XLSX)), "..", "data")
     end
 
     @testset "Read invalid XLSX error" begin
-        @test_throws XLSX.XLSXError XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(data_directory, "sheet_template.xml"))
+        @test_throws XLSX.XLSXError XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(src_data_directory, "sheet_template.xml"))
         try
-            XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(data_directory, "sheet_template.xml"))
+            XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(src_data_directory, "sheet_template.xml"))
             @test false # didn't throw exception
         catch e
             @test occursin("is not a valid XLSX file", "$e")
@@ -6545,7 +6549,7 @@ end
 
 @testset "show xlsx" begin
     @testset "single sheet" begin
-        xf = XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(data_directory, "blank.xlsx"))
+        xf = XLSX.readxlsx(joinpath(src_data_directory, "blank.xlsx"))
         show(IOBuffer(), xf)
     end