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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.32)

My uses are/have been limited. Simple enough for me to use the code in the documentation for my scripts.

It does what it says it will do, and does not do what it says it won't do. Good enough for me!

Many thanks to the author.

Iftekharul Haque - 2007-10-08 23:14:00
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.32)

Tests on Solaris and WinXP showed no bugs, very reliable

Single crash on usage of merge (closed without error messages)

Wolfgang Radke - 2007-05-17 11:31:18
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.2603)

Perfect. Thanks so much.

Bryce Nesbitt - 2005-03-11 12:29:03
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.2603)

A very useful module and the representation of a large amount of work by the author.

In relation to some of the other reviews, there are ways to increase the efficiency of the module. See:

http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=379743

John McNamara - 2004-08-20 16:48:06
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.2603)

I love this module, it's very useful for my project, easy to use. There is still one limitation: the running speed is a bit slow.

Nam - 2004-06-15 21:18:13
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.2602)

This is excellent tool to automate the manipulation of Excel. In essence, it takes the static captive-user-interface world of Microsoft and turns it on it's head! I use it in conjunction with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to automate the hell out of what I do on the job.

John Martel - 2003-08-14 09:25:01
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.2602)

Combined with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, this module allows automated interaction with Excel files. It primarily provides access to the data in the files, not the formatting, but the latter is of limited use anyway.

The interface to the data is pretty obvious. The "Fmt" files use to filter the data coming out of the document are far from simple or obvious. I found it necessary to write my own for handling Excel documents that are near-ASCII.

A major limitation is that the entire Excel document is parsed at instantiation. This means that opening a document has large latency, while subsequent reading through the data is quick. A rewrite to allow quick, random access into the Excel doc would be very valuable, although likely difficult...

Chris Dolan - 2003-08-13 16:19:54
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