I'm adding another function to a website, basically it will give the clients the ability to view/download their data as Excel spreadsheets.

The rest of the site is ASP, mainly used as SSI, and PerlScript. The authorization system is coupled to the Session object.
Currently I use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to generate the data using standard perl cgi and it works great. The problem is to make both authorization and spreadsheet generation work together.

1. If I stick to std perl cgi is there any way to get to the Session object ?

2. PerlScript would put me into the problem of transmitting the binary spreadsheet, probably using $Response->BinaryWrite, right ?

The site is currently located at an ISP which probably means that using native Excel through Win32::OLE is out of the question and besides Spreadsheet::WriteExcel does not contain macros thereby eliminating the potential of sending virus-infected data to the clients.

In perl we trust ....

In reply to $Session from cgi BinaryWrite from PerlScript by guha

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