Provided by: libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl_0.6500-1_all 
NAME
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser - Rewrite an existing Excel file.
SYNOPSIS
Say we start with an Excel file that looks like this:
-----------------------------------------------------
| | A | B | C |
-----------------------------------------------------
| 1 | Hello | ... | ... | ...
| 2 | World | ... | ... | ...
| 3 | *Bold text* | ... | ... | ...
| 4 | ... | ... | ... | ...
| 5 | ... | ... | ... | ...
Then we process it with the following program:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser;
# Open an existing file with SaveParser
my $parser = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser->new();
my $template = $parser->Parse('template.xls');
# Get the first worksheet.
my $worksheet = $template->worksheet(0);
my $row = 0;
my $col = 0;
# Overwrite the string in cell A1
$worksheet->AddCell( $row, $col, 'New string' );
# Add a new string in cell B1
$worksheet->AddCell( $row, $col + 1, 'Newer' );
# Add a new string in cell C1 with the format from cell A3.
my $cell = $worksheet->get_cell( $row + 2, $col );
my $format_number = $cell->{FormatNo};
$worksheet->AddCell( $row, $col + 2, 'Newest', $format_number );
# Write over the existing file or write a new file.
$template->SaveAs('newfile.xls');
We should now have an Excel file that looks like this:
-----------------------------------------------------
| | A | B | C |
-----------------------------------------------------
| 1 | New string | Newer | *Newest* | ...
| 2 | World | ... | ... | ...
| 3 | *Bold text* | ... | ... | ...
| 4 | ... | ... | ... | ...
| 5 | ... | ... | ... | ...
DESCRIPTION
The "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser" module rewrite an existing Excel file by reading
it with "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel" and rewriting it with "Spreadsheet::WriteExcel".
METHODS
Parser
new()
$parse = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser();
Constructor.
Parse()
$workbook = $parse->Parse($sFileName);
$workbook = $parse->Parse($sFileName , $formatter);
Returns a "Workbook" object. If an error occurs, returns undef.
The optional $formatter is a Formatter Class to format the value of cells.
Workbook
The "Parse()" method returns a "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser::Workbook" object.
This is a subclass of the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook and has the following methods:
worksheets()
Returns an array of "Worksheet" objects. This was most commonly used to iterate over the
worksheets in a workbook:
for my $worksheet ( $workbook->worksheets() ) {
...
}
worksheet()
The "worksheet()" method returns a single "Worksheet" object using either its name or
index:
$worksheet = $workbook->worksheet('Sheet1');
$worksheet = $workbook->worksheet(0);
Returns "undef" if the sheet name or index doesn't exist.
AddWorksheet()
$workbook = $workbook->AddWorksheet($name, %properties);
Create a new Worksheet object of type "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet".
The %properties hash contains the properties of new Worksheet.
AddFont
$workbook = $workbook->AddFont(%properties);
Create new Font object of type "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Font".
The %properties hash contains the properties of new Font.
AddFormat
$workbook = $workbook->AddFormat(%properties);
The %properties hash contains the properties of new Font.
Worksheet
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser::Worksheet
Worksheet is a subclass of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet. And has these methods :
The "Worksbook::worksheet()" method returns a
"Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser::Worksheet" object.
This is a subclass of the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet and has the following
methods:
AddCell
$workbook = $worksheet->AddCell($row, $col, $value, $format [$encoding]);
Create new Cell object of type "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Cell".
The $format parameter is the format number rather than a full format object.
To specify just same as another cell, you can set it like below:
$row = 0;
$col = 0;
$worksheet = $template->worksheet(0);
$cell = $worksheet->get_cell( $row, $col );
$format_number = $cell->{FormatNo};
$worksheet->AddCell($row +1, $coll, 'New data', $format_number);
TODO
Please note that this module is currently (versions 0.50-0.60) undergoing a major
restructuring and rewriting.
Known Problems
You can only rewrite the features that Spreadsheet::WriteExcel supports so macros, graphs
and some other features in the original Excel file will be lost. Also, formulas aren't
rewritten, only the result of a formula is written.
Only last print area will remain. (Others will be removed)
AUTHOR
Current maintainer 0.60+: Douglas Wilson dougw@cpan.org
Maintainer 0.40-0.59: John McNamara jmcnamara@cpan.org
Maintainer 0.27-0.33: Gabor Szabo szabgab@cpan.org
Original author: Kawai Takanori kwitknr@cpan.org
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2014 Douglas Wilson
Copyright (c) 2009-2013 John McNamara
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Gabor Szabo
Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Kawai Takanori and Nippon-RAD Co. OP Division
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.