Error Using Module Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX

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

I am running Strawberry Perl 5.24 on Windows 10. I installed module "Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX". The module installed with no errors. When I "use" the module, the following error message is displayed:

Can't load 'D:/perl/vendor/lib/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.xs.dll' for
+ module XML::Parser::Expat
load_file:The specified module could not be found at D:/perl/lib/DynaL
+oader.pm line 193.
  at D:/perl/vendor/lib/XML/Parser.pm line 18.

The error is definitely occurring in 'D:/perl/vendor/lib/XML/Parser.pm
+' line 18, which has "require XML::Parser::Expat;" in a BEGIN block. 
+Running perl -MXML::Parser::Expat -e 0 produces the same error messag
+e.
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I double-checked module "XML::Parser::Expat" by running cpan install on it, and it says the module is up to date.
The path and file 'D:/perl/vendor/lib/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.xs.dll' exist, so it's not clear why the above error message is displayed.

Any suggestions are much appreciated.

"It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."

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Re: Error Using Module Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX by beech (Parson) on Apr 23, 2018 at 19:58 UTC
Hi, Expat.xs.dll depends on other dlls, like c\bin\libexpat-1_.dll, if for some reason those dlls cant be found in your %PATH%, then loading Expat.xs.dll will fail	[reply]
Re: Error Using Module Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX by roho (Bishop) on Apr 23, 2018 at 20:46 UTC
That fixed the problem! Thank you very much. "It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."	[reply]