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#!perl
use strict;
use Win32::OLE 'in';
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # Die on Errors.

# config
my $dir      = 'c:/temp/';
my $specfile = 'names.xlsx'; 

my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')
   || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');  
$Excel->{DisplayAlerts} = 0;  
#$Excel->{Visible} = 1;  
   
my $Book  = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($dir.$specfile); 

# create named range
my $range = $Book->Worksheets(1)->Range("A1");
$range->{'Name'} = "Any_name"; # no spaces

# show named ranges
for my $nm (in $Book->Names){
  printf "%s %s\n", $nm->{'Name'},$nm->{'Value'};
} 

# close
$Book->Close();
$Excel->Quit();
undef $Book;
undef $Excel;

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poj

In reply to Re: Reading Variables in Excel Spreadsheet by poj
in thread Reading Variables in Excel Spreadsheet by merrymonk

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