NAME Spreadsheet::ParseExcel - Get information from Excel file DESCRIPTION This module allows you to get information from Excel file. This module can handle files of Excel95, 97 and 2000. (and now supports Excel4) The module will work on the majority of Windows, UNIX and Macintosh platforms. REQUIREMENT This module requires these modules: OLE::Storage_Lite Jcode.pm (if you are using FmtJapan, or FmtJapan2) Unicode::Map (if you are using FmtJapan2 or FmtUnicode) IO::Scalar (if PERLIO is not available) Spreadsheet::WriteExcel (to use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser) INSTALLATION The module can be installed using the standard Perl procedure: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Bbuild install or perl Makefile.PL make make test make install # You may need to be root make clean # or make realclean or using CPAN.pm or CPANPLUS.pm cpan Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Windows users without a working "make" can get nmake from: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe For FmtJapan2 If you use FmtJapan2, you must do following actions: (1) Copy "CP932Excel.map" included with this distribution to an applicatable directry. (2) To add "CP932Excel" as map name, append following lines to REGISTRY in the Unicode::Map hierarchy (changing map directy to applicatable directry): name: CP932Excel srcURL: $SrcUnicode/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP932.TXT src: $DestUnicode/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP932.TXT map: (which you copied directry)/CP932Excel.map # Don't remove this line AUTHOR Current maintainer: Gabor Szabo (szabgab@cpan.org) Original author: Kawai Takanori (kwitknr@cpan.org) SUPPORT Before you report problems, please check the "KNOWN PROBLEMS" section in the manual page for Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. Please use RT for bug reports and CPAN::Forum for general questions and discussion. In case you want to show an example Excel file with a problem, either attach it to your RT report or contact the maintainer by e-mail. Test cases are always welcome.