Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Google Group

Re: formatting within strings?

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:58 UT

Hi,

You are correct. These type of "Rich Strings" (Excel's name for them)
aren't currently possible in S::WE. They are one of the higher
priority TODO items but I'm not getting any time to work on new
features at the moment.

The usual suggested workaround is WriteExcelXML but it looks like you

Re: 64-bit issue?

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:54:30 UT

Hi,

There aren't any 64-bit Windows issues that I am aware of.

The "Unreadable Content" error is usually an indication that the file
is corrupted in some way. A common cause of this on Windows is FTPing
a file in non binary mode. Check that the file size on the host system
is the same on the target system after it is transferred.

formatting within strings?

olliejo...@gmail.com (Ollie Jones) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:31:11 UT

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel is wonderful, thanks for the great work.

I've been asked to program something I don't think it can do, that is,
write text strings with intra-string formatting.

For example I'd like to put in text strings that are partly but not
completely underlined. In HTML-speak this might be, for example

64-bit issue?

jason.luttg...@gmail.com (LuckyJ) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:58:48 UT

Hey guys, has anyone tried making spreadsheets in a 64-bit environment
yet? I've encountered a problem. Let me describe:

I am using Office 2007, latest patches.
I am using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel 2.25.
I'm running Perl 5.10.

1) Generate a spreadsheet within a 32-bit Windows XP environment
2) Copy the spreadsheet to a 64-bit Windows 7 environment.

Re: Centering an image

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:07:14 UT

On Nov 3, 7:03 am, "rpno...@ibksoftware.com" <rpno...@ibksoftware.com>
wrote:

Hi Rob,

Images (and other objects) are layered on top of a worksheet so they
aren't in general controlled by formatting.

In the case of images you will need to specify your own offsets to
centre the image using the optional $x, $y parameters in insert_image

Centering an image

rpno...@ibksoftware.com (rpnoble@ibksoftware.com) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:44 UT

John;

I have several png files that represent trends (up, down and no
change). They are 16px x 16px, Can they be centered using formats?
Currently they are flush left. Do I need to create the graphic as wide
as the column? Thge column width is 10 row height is 22.

Re: Image is not sharp after using insert_image()

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:29:17 UT

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the detailed report.

I think that there is probably more than one issue here but the basic
problem is that due to the merged ranges or cell borders the height of
the rows is different from their default and as a result WriteExcel
doesn't calculate the correct image height.

Re: Image is not sharp after using insert_image()

jrsme...@gmail.com (Rob Smeets) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:54 UT

Dear John,

I've installed the new version 2.25.07, coming from 2.25. The problem
is still there, but smaller.

The excel sheet I'm working on contains 2 unscaled png files, that are
PHP-generated charts (bar and pie) with some text in the same font as
the text in the excel file itself. Because of this text and the lines

Re: Problems using text_wrap with merge_range

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:51:23 UT

Hi,

As a workaround you could try wrapping the text with Text::Wrap (or
similar) and working out the height in advance:

[link]

John.
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Re: Problem with worksheets containing large numbers of links/URLs

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:47:29 UT

Hi,

There seems to be some undocumented limit on the hyperlinks in Excel.
I was able to reproduce this using Excel itself.

I doesn't appear to be a limit to the number of hyperlinks but
probably to the amount of apace and hence memory that they take up.

I can't see a workaround for this.

Re: Some formulas calc'd, others not

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:44:28 UT

Hi Calvin,

It is probably the same parser bug that you may have seen in other
posts here. Search for store_formula and see if that fix works for
you.

If not, post a small example and I'll have a look.

John.
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Re: Column Hiding FAST, Row Hiding SLOOOOOOOW!

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:41:53 UT

...

Hi Calvin,

In the Excel file format column widths are stored together in one
record. This allows WriteExcel to set them all in one go.

Rows, however, each have a separate Excel record so they need to be
set individually. Except in the case that you describe where Excel
uses a clever optimisation. It sets a default row height of zero and

Re: Bug report: formula parsing in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:30:39 UT

Hi,

This is a known (and admittedly frustrating) issue with the WriteExcel
formula parser. You can workaround it by massaging the parsed formula
as follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new(" bad_file3.xls");

Re: FAQ: Why does my Spreadsheet::WriteExcel not load correctly in Excel.

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:56:52 UT

Hi Peter,

Try using %20 instead of space to see if it helps.

John.
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Spreadsheet::WriteExcel update

jmcnam...@cpan.org (jmcnamara) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:54:03 UT

Hi,

For the last few months I have been overloaded with work and haven't
had any free time to develop WriteExcel or even to reply (promptly) to
questions.

This probably won't change in the short term (although given the
current climate I may find myself with a lot of free time on my hands
at any time).