I encountered difficulty in installing Module Spreadsheet::WriteExcel and desperately need your guidance. Below is what my system have displayed while using nmake15 utility. D:\perl\SPREAD~1.37>dir Volume in drive D has no label. Volume Serial Number is E4CE-279D Directory of D:\perl\SPREAD~1.37 07/02/2002 08:11a <DIR> . 07/02/2002 08:11a <DIR> .. 04/29/2002 07:37a 5,517 CHANGES 04/29/2002 07:37a 2,746 INSTALL 07/02/2002 08:11a 34,786 Makefile 04/29/2002 07:37a 418 Makefile.PL 04/29/2002 07:37a 2,315 MANIFEST 09/16/1994 07:00a 5,056 NMAKE.ERR 09/16/1994 07:00a 65,536 NMAKE.EXE 04/29/2002 07:37a 2,634 README 04/29/2002 07:37a 769 test.pl 07/01/2002 07:14p <DIR> WriteExcel 04/29/2002 07:37a 139,302 WriteExcel.pm 10 File(s) 259,079 bytes 3 Dir(s) 9,285,932,032 bytes free D:\perl\SPREAD~1.37>perl makefile.pl Writing Makefile for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel D:\perl\SPREAD~1.37>nmake Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. makefile(923) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character ',' in macro Stop. D:\perl\SPREAD~1.37>nmake test Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. makefile(923) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character ',' in macro Stop. D:\perl\SPREAD~1.37>nmake install Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. makefile(923) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character ',' in macro Stop. TIA. Regards, TY Mok