use Win32::OLE; #Win32::OLE->Option(CP => $Win32::OLE::CP_UTF8); sub hex_dump_cell { my ($sheet, $row, $col) = @_; print unpack('H*', $sheet->Cells($row, $col)->{'Value'}); print "\n"; } { my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($file); my $WorkSheet = $Book->Worksheets($sheet); # # Text: بېيجىڭ # Output: 3f3f3f3f3f3f [ FAIL! ] hex_dump_cell($WorkSheet, 1, 1); # Text: 北京 # Output: b1b1bea9 [ MBCS/CP936/GBK ] hex_dump_cell($WorkSheet, 1, 2); # Text: Beijing # Output: 4265696a696e67 [ ASCII ] hex_dump_cell($WorkSheet, 1, 3); }