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Excel-Template
(0.31)
Having used Spreadsheet::WriteExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Simple to generate reports, I like the idea of a module that deals with a data structure without my having to write any new code.
Within 15 minutes of discovering the module, I had a tidy, well-formatted Excel spreadsheet containing a complex report on multiple worksheets.
The module lets itself down by inventing a new templating syntax, although Excel::Template::TT, which I discovered afterwards, looks interesting for those of us who like Template Toolkit.
I didn't find the documentation as easy to follow as some of CPAN's best modules, but I managed to work things out looking through the collection of test cases.
Overall, I find this a neat way to generate Excel spreadsheets in Perl. I'm sure I'll use it again.
Tom Hukins - 2007-05-15T00:47:08 (permalink)
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Excel-Template
(0.12)
Good idea: could be very useful, but the subset of Excel is really too little (e.g. it does not support colours).
Hèctor Alòs i Font - 2004-04-27T22:56:10 (permalink)
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