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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

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

Report information
The Basics
Id: 93378
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Spreadsheet-ParseExcel

People
Owner: Nobody in particular
Requestors: tlhackque [...] yahoo.com
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Bug Information
Severity: (no value)
Broken in: 0.59
Fixed in: 0.61



Subject: Hidden sheet attribute is not exposed
Another in the series: Hidden sheet attribute needs to be exposed. See previous recent tickets for environment. Reproducer: In MS Excel, Format->Sheet->Hide a worksheet. Save it. Parse the file. Again, an overlay work-around (and again, trivial to add to the mainline). Reference: http://www.openoffice.org/sc/excelfileformat.pdf section 5.95. Adds $worksheet->is_sheet_hidden(). True if hidden (actually, 1 if hidden by gui, 2 if hidden by macro.) (The way to read this for a source edit is: Add the last two lines of _subBoundSheet below (1 comment, one code) to the real one. Add is_sheet_hidden as-is to Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet. Done. The ugliness is due to the fact that the decoders aren't called as object methods, so they can't be intercepted by inheritance. The hack is to hook the dispatch table for the record type. In the intercept code call the base class's routine (which in this case, creates the worksheet), then do the 1 line of new work. package ExcelToHtml::Parser; # Hacks to get additional information from the spreadsheets # # These use the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel routines for everything # else to ensure that any bugs there aren't replicated. our @ISA = (qw/Spreadsheet::ParseExcel/); sub new { my $class = shift; $Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::ProcTbl{0x85} = \&_subBoundSheet; return $class->SUPER::new(@_); } sub _subBoundSheet { my ( $oBook, $bOp, $bLen, $sWk ) = @_; Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::_subBoundSheet(@_); my ( $iPos, $iGr, $iKind ) = unpack( "Lc2", $sWk ); $iKind &= 0x0F; return if ( ( $iKind != 0x00 ) && ( $iKind != 0x01 ) ); # 0 = visible, 1 = hidden, 2 = hidden by macro $oBook->{Worksheet}[ $oBook->{SheetCount} -1 ]->{SheetHidden} = $iGr; } package Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet; =head2 is_sheet_hidden() Return true if sheet is hidden =cut sub is_sheet_hidden { my $worksheet = shift; return $worksheet->{SheetHidden}; }
Fixed in 0.61