Re: Set Background Color Using Spreadsheet::SaveParser

in reply to Set Background Color Using Spreadsheet::SaveParser

The get_format() in the first line returns a Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Format object which doesn't have a set_color() method, or set_anything() method since it is a read/information only object.

Possibly you are getting it confused with a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel format method that you have in the same program. If that is the case, then you will have to map the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel format properties to Spreadsheet::WriteExcel format properties, one by one.

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John.

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Re^2: Set Background Color Using Spreadsheet::SaveParser by gw1500se (Beadle) on Dec 17, 2012 at 18:45 UTC
Thanks for the reply. Not exactly confused as much as not understanding the capabilities of each. I thought SaveParser was a combined ParseExcel and WriteExcel, rather than something completely different. Logically, it seems that if I can add rows with SaveParser then I should also be able to set attributes on those rows. In any case, how do I go about updating an existing spreadsheet if not with SaveParser? Do I need to instead use both ParseExcel and WriteExcel instead? Can WriteExcel update and existing spreadsheet?	[reply]
Re^3: Set Background Color Using Spreadsheet::SaveParser by 2teez (Vicar) on Dec 18, 2012 at 06:51 UTC
Hi gw1500se, `"..In any case, how do I go about updating an existing spreadsheet if not with SaveParser? Do I need to instead use both ParseExcel and WriteExcel instead? Can WriteExcel update and existing spreadsheet?.."` To Update an existing Excel sheet Please see MODIFYING AND REWRITING EXCEL FILES Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser module can be used to read and rewrite an Excel file (i.e Rewrite an existing Excel file). Though this module is a wrapper around Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module cannot be used to write to an existing Excel file. Please check the description of these modules: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser Hope this helps If you tell me, I'll forget. If you show me, I'll remember. if you involve me, I'll understand. --- Author unknown to me	[reply]
Re^4: Set Background Color Using Spreadsheet::SaveParser by gw1500se (Beadle) on Dec 18, 2012 at 13:06 UTC
Thanks again for the reply but I'm still stuck. If WriteExcel does not let me rewrite and existing spreadsheet and SaveParser does not let me 'set_color' I only see a brute force method to do what I need. I would have to use WriteExcel to create a new spreadsheet, then delete the old one and rename the new one. It seems like I am missing something or there is a big hole in these modules. P.S. If there is no 'set_color' method in SaverParser, why am I not getting a run time error when I try to use it?	[reply]

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