G'day gauss76,

Your problem starts with the first line of code you posted: 

$FileToOpen=myfile.xlsx;

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It seems to work as is: 

$ perl -e '$FileToOpen=myfile.xlsx;'
$

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But when I ask Perl to warn about problems: 

$ perl -we '$FileToOpen=myfile.xlsx;'
Unquoted string "myfile" may clash with future reserved word at -e lin
+e 1.
Unquoted string "xlsx" may clash with future reserved word at -e line 
+1.
Name "main::FileToOpen" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1.

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If I use strict: 

$ perl -Mstrict -e '$FileToOpen=myfile.xlsx;'
Global symbol "$FileToOpen" requires explicit package name (did you fo
+rget to declare "my $FileToOpen"?) at -e line 1.
Bareword "myfile" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at -e line 1.
Bareword "xlsx" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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If I ask Perl how it sees that code: 

$ perl -MO=Deparse -e '$FileToOpen=myfile.xlsx;'
$FileToOpen = 'myfilexlsx';
-e syntax OK

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[Hint: See the concatenation operator in "perlop: Additive Operators".]

Add these lines to the start of your code: 

use strict;
use warnings;

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Then fix all the code such that you no longer get any error or warning messages.

Use the strict and warnings pragmata in all of your code!

— Ken

In reply to Re: trap error from parsexlsx by kcott
in thread trap error from parsexlsx by gauss76

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