Provided by: libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl_0.6500-3_all bug

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.