It isn't exactly clear what you need to do so here are a few suggestions of the usual ways to get Perl to interoperate with Excel:

* DBI with DBD::ODBC or DBD::ADO. Excel files contain an internal index table which allows them to act like a database file. Using one of the standard Perl database modules you can connect to an Excel file as a database for reading or writing.

* The Win32::OLE module and office automation. This requires a Windows platform and an installed copy of Excel. This is the most powerful and complete method for interfacing with Excel for reading, writing or anything else. See the examples here and here.

* Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. This uses the OLE::Storage-Lite module to extract data from an Excel file.

Also, you can usually connect Excel directly to a database and manipulate the data in that way.

John.
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In reply to Re: How can make a consult from M$ Excel to a perl program? by jmcnamara
in thread How can make a consult from M$ Excel to a perl program? by castroman

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