For others who may want to see how module works... Here is a snippet of code I used with the Write:Excel module... Was written and run on WinNT without Excel installed on the box. It reads in csv files into Excel file and then sets some limited formatting (freeze panes and set column widths). Thanks to Japhy for help with the sequence on this script!
....Preliminary stuff here... ($first) = @ARGV = grep !-d, glob "C:/SMTPBeam/Stats/sm*.csv"; #Make a list of the files to process $FILE2 = "C:/SMTPBeam/Stats/Stats for $mth-$yr.xls"; #Name output file my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("$FILE2"); my $worksheet = $workbook->addworksheet("Stats for $mth-$yr"); my $row = 0; while (<>) { #Read in the data to Spreadsheet s/"//g; #Kill " appearing in source s/^0/200/g; # Change year (ie: 05 to 2005) Had to do some date trickery here so Excel wouldn't freak out Original date format was YYMMDD if ($ARGV eq $first or $. !=1) # If first file, read all rows else skip header on others { chomp; my @Fld = split(',', $_); my $col = 0; foreach my $token (@Fld) { $worksheet->write($row, $col, $token); $col++; } $row++;} close ARGV if eof; #Formatting Section $worksheet->freeze_panes('B2'); # Using A1 notation, Column 1 and Row A are frozen $worksheet->set_column('A:B', 10); # Column A-B width set to 10 $worksheet->set_column('C:C', 05); # Columns C width set to 5 $worksheet->set_column('D:D', 07); # Columns D width set to 7 $worksheet->set_column('E:F', 35); # Columns E-F width set to 35 $worksheet->set_column('G:G', 10); # Columns G width set to 10 } ....Do whatever you want with file here like mail it or FTP... >>> John Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/31/02 10:49AM >>> What OS are you running? I've included a script that uses Win32::OLE to interface with Excel. You'll need to be on a Win32 machine, with Excel installed. There is also a module called Spreadsheet::WriteExcel which is platform independant, but I have not had any experience using this. HTH John -----Original Message----- From: Lance Prais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 January 2002 17:46 To: PERL Subject: Writing to a file I have a question regarding writing to a file. I have written a script and my experiences in perl thus far has been limited to outputting data to a JSP page but in this case I need to send it to a excel file. Does anyone know if there are examples out there that can show me how to do this? Thank you in advance Lance -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------Confidentiality--------------------------. This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, disclosed or used by any person other than the intended recipient. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. <<eventlog.zip>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]