Hi All, I am trying to sort Excel Sheet by colors. I am using OLE. I have generated the following Macro. But I am having hard time converting it into Perl.

ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("ami_emr_appointments").Sort.SortFields.Clea
+r
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Add(Range( _
        "A2:A4680"), xlSortOnCellColor, xlAscending, , xlSortNormal).S
+ortOnValue.Color _
        = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Add(Range( _
        "A2:A4680"), xlSortOnCellColor, xlAscending, , xlSortNormal).S
+ortOnValue.Color _
        = RGB(255, 255, 0)
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Add(Range( _
        "B2:B4680"), xlSortOnCellColor, xlAscending, , xlSortNormal).S
+ortOnValue.Color _
        = RGB(255, 255, 0)
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Add(Range( _
        "C2:C4680"), xlSortOnCellColor, xlAscending, , xlSortNormal).S
+ortOnValue.Color _
        = RGB(255, 255, 0)
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Add(Range( _
        "B2:B4680"), xlSortOnCellColor, xlAscending, , xlSortNormal).S
+ortOnValue.Color _
        = RGB(255, 255, 0)

With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort
        .SetRange Range("A1:W4680")
        .Header = xlYes
        .MatchCase = False
        .Orientation = xlTopToBottom
        .SortMethod = xlPinYin
        .Apply
End With
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Can you please help by pointing me in the right direction? Previously I was using manual sorting on Excel 2003 using the following code. It takes a long time to complete. As latest versions of Excel supports Sort by Colour, I would like to move to it. This will give you an idea on what I am looking for.

sub sortByColor()
{
    my $filename = $_[0];
    my $no_of_columns = $_[1];
    say "Activate $filename";
    say "No Of COlumns = $no_of_columns";
    $excel->{DisplayAlerts}=0;
    $excel->Windows($filename)->Activate;
    $workbook = $excel->Activewindow;
    $sheet1=$workbook-> Activesheet;
    my $rows= $sheet1->UsedRange->Rows->{'Count'}; 
    my $cols= $sheet1->UsedRange->Columns->{'Count'};
    my $red_count = 0;
    my $sorted_count = 0;
    foreach my $row ( 2 .. $rows )
    {
        #next unless defined $sheet1->Cells($row,1)->{'Value'};
        my $Range = $sheet1->Range("A$row:A$row");
        if ($Range->Interior()->ColorIndex() == 3)
        {
            $sheet1->rows($row . ":" . $row)->cut();
            my $rngIns=$sheet1->Range(($red_count+2) . ":" . ($red_cou
+nt+2));
            $rngIns->EntireRow->Insert;
            $sheet1->rows(($red_count+2) . ":" . ($red_count+2))->Sele
+ct();
            $sheet1->paste();
            $red_count = $red_count + 1;
            $sorted_count = $sorted_count + 1;
        }
    }
    my $column ="";
    foreach my $col ( 1 .. $no_of_columns)
    {
        $column =  colIdToString($col);
        foreach my $row ( ($sorted_count+2) .. $rows )
        {
            #next unless defined $sheet1->Cells($row,$col)->{'Value'};
            my $Range = $sheet1->Range("$column$row:$column$row");
            if ($Range->Interior()->ColorIndex() == 6 )
            {
                $sheet1->rows($row . ":" . $row)->cut();
                my $rngIns=$sheet1->Range(($sorted_count + 2) . ":" . 
+($sorted_count+2));
                $rngIns->EntireRow->Insert;
                $sheet1->rows(($sorted_count + 2) . ":" . ($sorted_cou
+nt+2))->Select();
                $sheet1->paste();
                $sorted_count = $sorted_count + 1;
            }
        }
    }
}
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Thanks

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