I installed RTF::Writer just to test your code, and after some edits I could make it compile. (For some reason, add_bgcolor isn't a recognized method, so I commented those out; and the use of your private module at the top too.)

I initially got a blank file too. Then I noticed you have mixed two alternatives, you have to use either 

$fh = RTF::Writer->new_to_file($rtfReport);

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or 
$fh = RTF::Writer->new_to_string(\$RTF_obj);

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but not both. Don't mix them.

For this application, it makes most sense to use the $RTF_obj, because it holds the entire RTF document in memory.

And delete the line 

$fh->print(\$RTF_obj);

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near the end, it makes the document exactly twice as long and worse, it corrupts it as Word can no longer read it.

So: near the top, just use 

$fh = RTF::Writer->new_to_string(\$RTF_obj);

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you'd even better delete every mention of $rtfReport; and near the bottom, right under $fh->close();, add 
print $RTF_obj;

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That's it. Drop the code I gave you earlier to read out the contents of the file, as there is no longer a file, you don't need it. Instead, you're printing out the contents of a string.

HTH.

In reply to Re^5: Displaying RTF string to browser by bart
in thread Displaying RTF string to browser by ikkon

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