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demon01
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Jun 18, 2009, 12:13 PM

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spreadsaheet::excel question	Can't Post

I am using spreadsheet::excel (obviously Smile

and I am running into a, perhaps stupid, problem.

I can write an excel worksheet with several books in it but I cant get it to save in the server location I need the file to be.

I am using

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my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('test_averages.xls');

and this, of course, writes the file in the cgi-bin where the script is. But when I change the file name to something like this:

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'../../ha/test_average.pl'

The script generates an error.

I could not find any documentation explaining this on CPAN. It looks like something simple but I cant seem to hit on it.

Any help as always is welcome and appreciated.

(This post was edited by demon01 on Jun 18, 2009, 12:15 PM)

KevinR
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Jun 18, 2009, 12:16 PM

Post #2 of 5 (3267 views)

Re: [demon01] spreadsaheet::excel question [In reply to]	Can't Post

Don't use ../../ if you can help it. Use a full path starting from the your servers root directory, whatever that is:

user/you/somefolder/file.xls

Ask your host what the root path is if you don't know.
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demon01
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Jun 18, 2009, 12:44 PM

Post #3 of 5 (3267 views)

Re: [demon01] spreadsaheet::excel question [In reply to]	Can't Post

Well as it turns our I was able to do it using a variable:

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my $file="[./../ha/test_averages.xls]";

Then using it in the call.

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 my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new($file);

This the excel document in its nice little folder.

Thanks and sorry for posting prematurely.

demon01
Novice

Jun 18, 2009, 12:48 PM

Post #4 of 5 (3266 views)

Re: [KevinR] spreadsaheet::excel question [In reply to]	Can't Post

You're right Kevin, I am going to substitute it to the full path but I do have to assign it to a variable then insert it into the call without using the single quote.

I had tried it using the full path in the actual call but with the ' ' it would generate an error. Now in a scalar it seems to work as I need it to.

Thanks for your help as always

KevinR
Veteran

Jun 18, 2009, 3:36 PM

Post #5 of 5 (3262 views)

Re: [demon01] spreadsaheet::excel question [In reply to]	Can't Post

More than likely the problem is that the new() method expects a reference of some sort, probably a reference to an array of options.

But you example makes no sense because you have quoted a reference which means its just a string.
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