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NAME

    Spreadsheet::WriteExcel - Write formatted text and numbers to a 
    cross-platform Excel binary file.

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DESCRIPTION

    The Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module can be used create a cross-
    platform Excel binary file. Multiple worksheets can be added to a
    workbook and formatting can be applied to cells. Text, numbers,
    formulas and hyperlinks can be written to the cells.

    The Excel file produced by this module is compatible with Excel 5,
    95, 97 and 2000.

    The module will work on the majority of Windows, UNIX and
    Macintosh platforms. Generated files are also compatible with the
    Linux/UNIX spreadsheet applications OpenOffice, Gnumeric and XESS.
    The generated files are not compatible with MS Access.

    This module cannot be used to read an Excel file. See
    Spreadsheet::ParseExcel or look at the main documentation for some
    suggestions. This module cannot be uses to write to an existing
    Excel file.

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SYNOPSIS

    To write a string, a formatted string, a number and a formula to
    the first worksheet in an Excel workbook called perl.xls:

        use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

        # Create a new Excel workbook
        my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("perl.xls");
        $worksheet   = $workbook->addworksheet(); # Add a worksheet
        $format      = $workbook->addformat();    # Add a format

        # Define the format
        $format->set_bold();
        $format->set_color('red');
        $format->set_align('center');

        # Row and column are zero indexed
        $col = 0;
        $row = 0;

        $worksheet->write($row,  $col, "Hi Excel!");
        $worksheet->write(1,     $col, "Hi Excel!", $format);
        $worksheet->write(2,     $col, 1.2345);
        $worksheet->write(3,     $col, '=SIN(PI()/4)');

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INSTALLATION

    Method 1
    Download the zipped tar file from one of the following:
        http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
        http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search?idinfo=154
        ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/J/JM/JMCNAMARA/
        
    Unzip the module as follows or use winzip:
           tar -zxvf Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.xx.tar.gz

    The module can be installed using the standard Perl procedure:

        perl Makefile.PL
        make
        make test
        make install    # You may need to be root
        make clean      # or make realclean

    Windows users without a working "make" can get nmake from:
        ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe

    Method 2
    If you have CPAN.pm configured you can install the module as
    follows:
        perl -MCPAN -e "install 'Spreadsheet::WriteExcel'"

    Method 3
    ActivePerl users can use PPM as follows:

        C:\> ppm
        PPM> set repository tmp http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl
        PPM> install Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
        PPM> quit
        C:\>

        If this fails try the following:

        PPM>install http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel.ppd


    NOTE: Version 0.23 changed the WriteExcel namespace. To tidy up 
    stray files it would be best to uninstall any version older than
    this prior to installation. 


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REQUIREMENTS

    This module requires Perl 5.005 (or later) and Parse::RecDescent:
    http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Parse-RecDescent


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AUTHOR

    John McNamara (jmcnamara@cpan.org)