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Maintainer(s)' notes

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

If you would like to ask a more general question there is the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Google Group.

Report information
The Basics
Id: 87974
Status: open
Priority: 0/
Queue: Spreadsheet-ParseExcel

People
Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: denis.howe [...] gmail.com
Cc:
AdminCc:

Bug Information
Severity: (no value)
Broken in: (no value)
Fixed in: (no value)



Subject: Feature request: conditional formatting
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:07:43 +0100
To: bug-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Denis Howe <denis.howe [...] gmail.com>
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel 0.59 There's no mention of conditional formatting anywhere. How hard would it be to parse and store this info? -- Denis Howe <denis.howe@gmail.com> http://foldoc.org/ T: 020 8450 9448 M: 07950 686 615
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #87974] Feature request: conditional formatting
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:24:32 -0500
To: bug-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel [...] rt.cpan.org
From: brian d foy <brian.d.foy [...] gmail.com>
I've seen this report, but I'm just a maintainer. If someone wants new features, they'll need to send patches. Thanks, On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Denis Howe via RT <bug-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text
> Tue Aug 20 08:08:24 2013: Request 87974 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by denis.howe@gmail.com > Queue: Spreadsheet-ParseExcel > Subject: Feature request: conditional formatting > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: denis.howe@gmail.com > Status: new > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=87974 > > > > Spreadsheet::ParseExcel 0.59 > > There's no mention of conditional formatting anywhere. How hard would it > be to parse and store this info? > > -- > > Denis Howe <denis.howe@gmail.com> > http://foldoc.org/ > T: 020 8450 9448 M: 07950 686 615 >
-- brian d foy <brian.d.foy@gmail.com> http://www.pair.com/~comdog/
On Tue Aug 20 08:08:24 2013, denis.howe@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text
> There's no mention of conditional formatting anywhere. How hard would it > be to parse and store this info?
Hi, It is quite hard to parse this information out since it is stored in separate binary structures away from the cell data. Regards, John