sub capconverter { my($excelfile ,$HPLC_to_UV_Factor ,$HPLC_Collum ,$UV_Collum ,$Data_row_start)=@_; my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($excelfile); $Excel->{DisplayAlerts}=0; my $WorkBooknumber = 6; my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets($WorkBooknumber); # your work sheet number my $rowholder = $Data_row_start; while ((defined ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,1)->{'Value'}))){#&&( defined ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,$HPLC_Collum)->{'Value'}))){ $Sheet->Cells($rowholder, 19)->{'Value'}= ($Sheet->Cells($rowholder,$HPLC_Collum)->{'Value'} *$HPLC_to_UV_Factor); #to UV Calculation $rowholder ++; } $Book->SaveAs($excelfile); $Book->Close; }