Re: Re: Excel::Template - request for comment

I have a given template behavior I want to test. The result of the execution is an XLS file. How do I automate verification that the XLS create is correct? If I use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, then I'm now requiring another three modules to be installed on your system. If I don't, then what do I do?

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Re^3: Excel::Template - request for comment by christopheM (Beadle) on Nov 24, 2003 at 21:55 UTC
If I dare, I would suggest you reduce a little bit your "signature", as it seems larger than the reply.... But may be I should not dare as I am only a simple and humble accolyte.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Excel::Template - request for comment by barbie (Deacon) on Nov 28, 2003 at 14:54 UTC
Would it be possible to create the test files locally and obtain a checksum (MD5 for example) for each? Then when you create them via your tests you need only check whether the checksums match. Digest::MD5 is a core module, so you could use that quite safely, and not have to worry about unnecessarily adding to the download/install burden. That's the way I would go at least. -- Barbie \| Birmingham Perl Mongers \| http://birmingham.pm.org/	[reply]