C:\>perl -v

    This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

    Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

    Binary build 638 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com

    ...

    C:\Temp\Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.14>perl Makefile.PL
    Writing Makefile for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

    C:\Temp\Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.14>nmake

    Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

            C:\Perl561\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl561\lib -IC:\Perl561\lib -MExtUtils::Command -e cp bin/chartex blib\script\chartex
            C:\Perl561\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl561\lib -IC:\Perl561\lib  -e "system qq[pl2bat.bat ].shift" blib\script\chartex

    C:\Temp\Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.14>nmake test

    ...