Parser XLSX without Crypt

spiral has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Because of group policy I cannot install anything that needs a dll. I need to parse an xlsx file, but

use Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX;

results in

Can't locate Crypt/Mode/CBC.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Crypt::Mode::CBC module)

Is there a way to do without this module and still be able to parse the xlsx file?

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Re: Parser XLSX without Crypt by ysth (Canon) on Jul 15, 2025 at 15:16 UTC
I think it only truly needs that for password protected files. You'd have to try it out to see. Make a directory like 'missing_modules' somewhere and in your code do `use lib 'path_to_it/missing_modules'` before use Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX, and in that directory make a Crypt/Mode/CBC.pm that just contains `1`. Then run your code and see what other modules you might need to pretend exist, and see if it dies trying to call any nonexisting subs or methods.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Parser XLSX without Crypt by spiral (Novice) on Jul 15, 2025 at 16:31 UTC
Great . It only needed to add EBC.pm to that directory and it worked! Thanks!	[reply]