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If you are reporting a bug in Spreadsheet::ParseExcel here are some pointers
1) State the issues as clearly and as concisely as possible. A simple program or Excel test file (see below) will often explain the issue better than a lot of text.
2) Provide information on your system, version of perl and module versions. The following program will generate everything that is required. Put this information in your bug report.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "\n Perl version : $]";
print "\n OS name : $^O";
print "\n Module versions: (not all are required)\n";
my @modules = qw(
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
Scalar::Util
Unicode::Map
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
Parse::RecDescent
File::Temp
OLE::Storage_Lite
IO::Stringy
);
for my $module (@modules) {
my $version;
eval "require $module";
if (not $@) {
$version = $module->VERSION;
$version = '(unknown)' if not defined $version;
}
else {
$version = '(not installed)';
}
printf "%21s%-24s\t%s\n", "", $module, $version;
}
__END__
3) Upgrade to the latest version of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel (or at least test on a system with an upgraded version). The issue you are reporting may already have been fixed.
4) Create a small example program that demonstrates your problem. The program should be as small as possible. A few lines of codes are worth tens of lines of text when trying to describe a bug.
5) Supply an Excel file that demonstrates the problem. This is very important. If the file is big, or contains confidential information, try to reduce it down to the smallest Excel file that represents the issue. If you don't wish to post a file here then send it to me directly: jmcnamara@cpan.org
6) Say if the test file was created by Excel, OpenOffice, Gnumeric or something else. Say which version of that application you used.
7) If you are submitting a patch you should check with the maintainer whether the issue has already been patched or if a fix is in the works. Patches should be accompanied by test cases.
Asking a question
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GAMACHE [...] cpan.org
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gamache [...] gmail.com
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0.45 |
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Thu Jan 15 16:03:59 2009
GAMACHE [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
After adding formulas which reference subsequent worksheets, the
workbook cannot be saved, failing during the SaveAs() method.
For example: if Sheet1 of the workbook contains a formula '=Sheet2!A1',
there will be errors when saving the workbook, even if it contains a
worksheet named Sheet2. In contrast, if there is a formula '=Sheet1!A1'
on worksheet Sheet2, no problems are encountered.
I have submitted a patch to
Spreadsheet/ParseExcel/SaveParser/Workbook.pm which avoids this problem.
It patches the SaveAs() method so that all worksheets are created (in
the underlying Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Workbook object) before data is
entered in any of them.
--- Workbook.pm 2009-01-08 21:42:44.000000000 -0500
+++ Workbook.pm.patched 2009-01-15 16:02:07.355299300 -0500
@@ -134,9 +134,17 @@
}
$iNo++;
}
+
+ ## add worksheets early, to ensure that forward-referencing formulas work
+ my (@aWkS, @aWrS);
+ for(my $iSheet=0; $iSheet < $oBook->{SheetCount} ; $iSheet++) {
+ $aWkS[$iSheet] = $oBook->{Worksheet}[$iSheet];
+ $aWrS[$iSheet] = $oWrEx->addworksheet($aWkS[$iSheet]->{Name});
+ }
+
for ( my $iSheet = 0 ; $iSheet < $oBook->{SheetCount} ; $iSheet++ ) {
- my $oWkS = $oBook->{Worksheet}[$iSheet];
- my $oWrS = $oWrEx->addworksheet( $oWkS->{Name} );
+ my $oWkS = $aWkS[$iSheet];
+ my $oWrS = $aWrS[$iSheet];
#Landscape
if ( !$oWkS->{Landscape} ) { # Landscape (0:Horizontal, 1:Vertical)