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NAME

       OLE::Storage_Lite - Simple Class for OLE document interface.

SYNOPSIS

           use OLE::Storage_Lite;

           # Initialize.

           # From a file
           my $oOl = OLE::Storage_Lite->new("some.xls");

           # From a filehandle object
           use IO::File;
           my $oIo = new IO::File;
           $oIo->open("<iofile.xls");
           binmode($oIo);
           my $oOl = OLE::Storage_Lite->new($oFile);

           # Read data
           my $oPps = $oOl->getPpsTree(1);

           # Save Data
           # To a File
           $oPps->save("kaba.xls"); #kaba.xls
           $oPps->save('-');        #STDOUT

           # To a filehandle object
           my $oIo = new IO::File;
           $oIo->open(">iofile.xls");
           bimode($oIo);
           $oPps->save($oIo);

DESCRIPTION

       OLE::Storage_Lite allows you to read and write an OLE structured file.

       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS is a class representing PPS. OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Root,
       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::File and OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Dir are subclasses of
       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS.

   new()
       Constructor.

           $oOle = OLE::Storage_Lite->new($sFile);

       Creates a OLE::Storage_Lite object for $sFile. $sFile must be a correct file name.

       The "new()" constructor also accepts a valid filehandle. Remember to "binmode()" the
       filehandle first.

   getPpsTree()
           $oPpsRoot = $oOle->getPpsTree([$bData]);

       Returns PPS as an OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Root object.  Other PPS objects will be included
       as its children.

       If $bData is true, the objects will have data in the file.

   getPpsSearch()
           $oPpsRoot = $oOle->getPpsTree($raName [, $bData][, $iCase] );

       Returns PPSs as OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS objects that has the name specified in $raName
       array.

       If $bData is true, the objects will have data in the file.  If $iCase is true, search is
       case insensitive.

   getNthPps()
           $oPpsRoot = $oOle->getNthPps($iNth [, $bData]);

       Returns PPS as "OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS" object specified number $iNth.

       If $bData is true, the objects will have data in the file.

   Asc2Ucs()
           $sUcs2 = OLE::Storage_Lite::Asc2Ucs($sAsc>);

       Utility function. Just adds 0x00 after every characters in $sAsc.

   Ucs2Asc()
           $sAsc = OLE::Storage_Lite::Ucs2Asc($sUcs2);

       Utility function. Just deletes 0x00 after words in $sUcs.

OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS

       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS has these properties:

       No  Order number in saving.

       Name
           Its name in UCS2 (a.k.a Unicode).

       Type
           Its type (1:Dir, 2:File (Data), 5: Root)

       PrevPps
           Previous pps (as No)

       NextPps
           Next pps (as No)

       DirPps
           Dir pps (as No).

       Time1st
           Timestamp 1st in array ref as similar format of localtime.

       Time2nd
           Timestamp 2nd in array ref as similar format of localtime.

       StartBlock
           Start block number

       Size
           Size of the pps

       Data
           Its data

       Child
           Its child PPSs in array ref

OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Root

       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Root has 2 methods.

   new()
           $oRoot = OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Root->new(
                           $raTime1st,
                           $raTime2nd,
                           $raChild);

       Constructor.

       $raTime1st, $raTime2nd are array refs with ($iSec, $iMin, $iHour, $iDay, $iMon, $iYear).
       $iSec means seconds, $iMin means minutes. $iHour means hours.  $iDay means day. $iMon is
       month -1. $iYear is year - 1900.

       $raChild is a array ref of children PPSs.

   save()
           $oRoot = $oRoot>->save(
                           $sFile,
                           $bNoAs);

       Saves information into $sFile. If $sFile is '-', this will use STDOUT.

       The "new()" constructor also accepts a valid filehandle. Remember to "binmode()" the
       filehandle first.

       If $bNoAs is defined, this function will use the No of PPSs for saving order.  If $bNoAs
       is undefined, this will calculate PPS saving order.

OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Dir

       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Dir has 1 method.

   new()
           $oRoot = OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::Dir->new(
                           $sName,
                         [, $raTime1st]
                         [, $raTime2nd]
                         [, $raChild>]);

       Constructor.

       $sName is a name of the PPS.

       $raTime1st, $raTime2nd is a array ref as ($iSec, $iMin, $iHour, $iDay, $iMon, $iYear).
       $iSec means seconds, $iMin means minutes. $iHour means hours.  $iDay means day. $iMon is
       month -1. $iYear is year - 1900.

       $raChild is a array ref of children PPSs.

OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::File

       OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::File has 3 method.

   new
           $oRoot = OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::File->new($sName, $sData);

       $sName is name of the PPS.

       $sData is data of the PPS.

   newFile()
           $oRoot = OLE::Storage_Lite::PPS::File->newFile($sName, $sFile);

       This function makes to use file handle for getting and storing data.

       $sName is name of the PPS.

       If $sFile is scalar, it assumes that is a filename.  If $sFile is an IO::Handle object, it
       uses that specified handle.  If $sFile is undef or '', it uses temporary file.

       CAUTION: Take care $sFile will be updated by "append" method.  So if you want to use
       IO::Handle and append a data to it, you should open the handle with "r+".

   append()
           $oRoot = $oPps->append($sData);

       appends specified data to that PPS.

       $sData is appending data for that PPS.

CAUTION

       A saved file with VBA (a.k.a Macros) by this module will not work correctly.  However
       modules can get the same information from the file, the file occurs a error in
       application(Word, Excel ...).

DEPRECATED FEATURES

       Older version of "OLE::Storage_Lite" autovivified a scalar ref in the "new()" constructors
       into a scalar filehandle. This functionality is still there for backwards compatibility
       but it is highly recommended that you do not use it. Instead create a filehandle (scalar
       or otherwise) and pass that in.

COPYRIGHT

       The OLE::Storage_Lite module is Copyright (c) 2000,2001 Kawai Takanori. Japan.  All rights
       reserved.

       You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the
       Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       First of all, I would like to acknowledge to Martin Schwartz and his module OLE::Storage.

AUTHOR

       Kawai Takanori kwitknr@cpan.org

       This module is currently maintained by John McNamara jmcnamara@cpan.org

SEE ALSO

       OLE::Storage

       Documentation for the OLE Compound document has been released by Microsoft under the Open
       Specification Promise. See
       http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/supportingtechnologies.mspx

       The Digital Imaging Group have also detailed the OLE format in the JPEG2000 specification:
       see Appendix A of http://www.i3a.org/pdf/wg1n1017.pdf