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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Tool for Convert XLS into CSV in UNIX Post 302426407 by curleb on Tuesday 1st of June 2010 10:16:59 PM
Old 06-01-2010
Just to clear the record, Perl does have modules for this in the BIFF-based .xls world...although the target does seem to move on a regular basis and one could actually squeak by using XML-based modules on the more recent versions of Excel too: Cultured Perl: Reading and writing Excel files with Perl

However, thanks for the feedback on your own Java-based direction. Looks like it would work for you.
 

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excel::template::element::backref

Excel::Template::Element::Backref(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Excel::Template::Element::Backref(3pm)

NAME

       Excel::Template::Element::Backref - Excel::Template::Element::Backref

PURPOSE

       Returns the cell location (i.e. B2) of the last cell to name this reference.  To return the location of the entire range of cells to name
       this reference see RANGE.

NODE NAME

       BACKREF

INHERITANCE

       Excel::Template::Element

ATTRIBUTES

       o   REF

	   This is the name of the reference to look up.

CHILDREN

       None

EFFECTS

       None

DEPENDENCIES

       This will only be used within CELL tags.

USAGE

       In the example...

	 <row>
	   <cell ref="this_cell"/><cell ref="that_cell"><cell ref="that_cell">
	 </row>
	 <row>
	   <formula>=<backref ref="this_cell">+<backref ref="that_cell"></formula>
	 </row>

       The formula in row 2 would be =A1+C1.  C1 is the last to reference "that_cell".

AUTHOR

       Rob Kinyon (rkinyon@columbus.rr.com)

SEE ALSO

       CELL, RANGE

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-29				    Excel::Template::Element::Backref(3pm)
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