Peter Rabbitson wrote: > I am about to start on a project that will be creating various excel > files. Cpan yields quite a number of posibilities, among which > Spreadsheet::WriteExcel looks most promising. I just wanted to hear > some opinions on the best tool for the job before I delve into a > certain inetrface. > The resulting files must have multiple workbooks and be able to > contain embedded images. The rest (numbers, text formatting) seems > trivial through any interface. > All thoughts/suggestions appreciated.
I have used Spreadsheet::WriteExcel with great success to create workbooks from Unix. It can definitely create files with multiple worksheets. I don't know about images though; I have never had that need. If you are on a Windoze server environment, you have the option of the various OLE automation routes... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>