I have searched for an answer to this problem and have not found a solution. I want to read data from a range of cells within one excel workbook and use this as an autofilter range drop down list within a cell of another workbook's worksheet.

use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';

my $exceloutputfile = 'c:\workbook_out.xls';
my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')
        || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');
$Excel->{DisplayAlerts}=0;   
$Excel->{Visible} = 1;

my $Bookout = $Excel->Workbooks->Add();
$Bookout->SaveAs($exceloutputfile);

my $excelinputfile = 'c:\list.xls';
my $Bookin = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($excelinputfile);

my $Sheet = $Bookout->Worksheets("Sheet1");
$Sheet->Activate();       
$Sheet->{Name} = "Sheet1";
  
$Sheet->Range("[list.xls]ListSheet1!a1:a99")->AutoFilter;

#close and save

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The external data reference within the range does not work and I could not find any explicit examples of external data references within the Win32::Ole documentation. Any ideas? Thanks!

In reply to Win32::Ole excel external data range by anti-monk

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