I've knocked up a quick test: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

package Apache::ExcelTest;

use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
use Apache::Request;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

sub handler{
  my $r = Apache::Request->new(shift);

  print "Content-disposition: attachment;filename=test.xls\n";
  print "Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel\n\n";

  tie *XLS => 'Apache';
  binmode(*XLS);
  my $workbook  = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new(\*XLS);
  my $worksheet = $workbook->addworksheet();
  $worksheet->write("A1","Hello, World");
  $workbook->close;
}

1;

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and here is the Apache config to go with it: 
<Location /exceltest>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::ExcelTest
PerlSendHeader on
</Location>

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To see it in action, go to http://jonallen.info/exceltest.

Hope this points you in the right direction.

JJ

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Creating downloadable files on the fly by jj808
in thread Creating downloadable files on the fly by surfmonkey

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