Dear Monks,
I would appreciate help with the following problem:

Situation:

I download some data via a weblink, which in my web browser I can either save as XLSX-file or open in Excel. In the latter case, the file opens in protected view and I need to click the button "Enable Editing".

What I want to do:

I want to download this file and extract some information from it all in a Perl script. I have mastered downloading with the help of LWP::Simple, but cannot find a way to read the information from the Excel file without manually opening it, clicking "Enable Editing" and saving it again. Once this is done, I can read the content without problems with Spreadsheet::XLSX.

Many thanks
Gunther Maier

In reply to Problem reading Excel File by gunther_maier

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