> -----Original Message----- > From: Chas. Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 November 2008 13:13 > To: Manasi Bopardikar > Cc: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: need help with SpreadSheet::Parse perl module > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 07:33, Manasi Bopardikar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > in the above code I get the max row count of my sheet by reading it > using > > the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook module of cpan. > > > > then I want to open the same tablle2sheet.xls for writing.but currently > I am > > not able to find any module which allows me to do that. > snip > > I don't believe there is a module that allows arbitrary editing of an > Excel spreadsheet (but I have not done an exhaustive search of CPAN > for one in a while). Spreadsheet::ParseExcel allows you to read an > existing file and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel allows you yo write a new > file. The only way I know of to create the illusion of an arbitrary > edit is to use both together to copy the data from the old file to a > new file making changes as needed, unlink'ing the old file, and > rename'ing the new file to the old file's name. > > Well, that isn't 100% true; if you are on a Windows machine that has > Excel installed you can use Win32::OLE to make Excel make your changes > for you. > > -- > Chas. Owens > wonkden.net > The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://learn.perl.org/ > You can use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to generate an Excel workbook. It has methods to add sheets and cell data and also lots of methods for formatting etc.
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