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 More options Oct 23 2012, 10:47 am
From: Frosty <financialfr...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:47:49 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Oct 23 2012 10:47 am
Subject: Re: Excel BIFF conversions
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Thx, I'll test that out today.  But it also brings up another interesting
point ... How do I know what BIFF format the output file is saved in?  And,
is there a way to set the BIFF output format or does it just save at the
latest BIFF format recognized on the server?

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 9:34:56 AM UTC-5, jmcnamara wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:02:19 PM UTC+1, Frosty wrote:

>> Lately we have been informed that our policies will no longer accept
>> excel files written in BIFF 4 or earlier formats.

> Hi,

> The following example using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser may work
> to convert BIFF4 files to BIFF8.

>     #!/usr/bin/perl
>     use strict;
>     use warnings;
>     use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser;

>     my $parser   = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser->new();
>     my $workbook = $parser->Parse('excel4.xls');

>     $workbook->SaveAs('excel7.xls');

>     __END__

> You will have to test it to see how successful the conversion is.

> John
> --


 
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