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Question regarding error when trying to generate spreadsheet with Excel::Writer::XLSXby atcroft (Abbot) |
on Jul 01, 2018 at 19:04 UTC ( [id://1217706]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
atcroft has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: (Apologies, but since I am not on my work system at the moment, the following is based on memory.) Last week I was working on several scripts for $job[0] that generate and email data in spreadsheets. Previously I have used (very successfully) Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to generate XLS documents, but for various reasons was asked to change to generating XLSX documents. Following the suggestion of the documentation, I modified the script on Thursday to instead use the Excel::Writer::XLSX module. (The extent of the changes were to change the use statement, change the extension on the generated filename, and the new() call.) Friday morning, two of the scripts failed to generate their expected output, instead complaining about "Couldn't create subdirectory xl/worksheets". I spent the better part of Friday trying such things as:
Anyone run into this before, and more importantly, can offer a possible way out? Thank you in advance for your time, attention, and any assistance you may be able to provide.
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