Using an earlier Perl 

perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 33 registered patches
...
Binary build 819 [267479] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSta
+te.com
Built Aug 29 2006 12:42:41)

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...and

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel v 2.25

...and specifying a location (not INC) for config.pl, I see a rather different failure; namely:

 (in cleanup) Can't call method "isa" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/Workbook.pm line 1366 during global destruction.

...and a zero-byte simple.xls created in CWD.

Version differences may account for the diff... but for a stab in the dark (because no other suggestions have been offered yet), you might want to tell us WHERE config.pl is stored and what version of S::WE you're using. You might also find it worthwhile to check for bug reports on your version of S::WE.

In reply to Re: Global variables issue in spreadsheets by ww
in thread Global variables issue in spreadsheets by syniperl

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