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Making MS Office compatible files on Linux machines with Perl.by astaines (Curate) |
on Jun 18, 2004 at 00:02 UTC ( [id://367803]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
astaines has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: Hi, I want to make structured documents, possibly Excel sheets or Word documents, on a Linux machine. I am generating large numbers, (tens of thousands) of random telephone numbers, using Perl on a Linux machine. I have to generate worksheets, in a specific format, with 14 numbers on each page for use by interviewers. I can (and am) making these worksheets as Excel sheets on a Win32 machine using Perl (Win32::OLE and it's friends). It occurred to me that it might be possible to make these files on my Linux machine. Not greatly to my surprise, Win32::OLE won't install under Linux. (This isn't a criticism of the dedicated and much appreciated coders who work so hard to make these modules.) So, two questions :-
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