Elton,
If you're sure it is a FAQ, why didn't you look around and find it?
Anyway, you need to open the file and Save or Save As so you have
the correct line endings '\015'. (CR).
Regards,
-- Larry
>Hi All,
>
>I am certain this is in an FAQ somewhere, so if someone could point me the
>way, I would be grateful. Anyway, I downloaded Spreadsheet::WriteExcel from
>CPAN. When I checked a test program I received the following message:
>
># Illegal character \012 (carriage return).
>File 'Cyberia:Applications (Mac OS 9):MacPerl
>Ÿ:lib:Spreadsheet:WriteExcel.pm'; Line 1
># (Maybe you didn't strip carriage returns after a network transfer?)
># BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
>File 'Cyberia:spread_test'; Line 3
>
>I didn't have this problem with version 0.25, but now have it with version
>0.31. So, what should I do next.
>
>Elton
>
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