Consider the following code sniglet: 

  $worksheet->merge_range(intToRange($row,$column,$row,$column+5),
                "EDMTA Instances",$title_fmt);
  $row++;
  if ( $#edmta_instances < 0 ) { 
    $worksheet->write($row++,$column+1,"None");
  } else { 
    foreach my $edmta(@edmta_instances){
      $worksheet->write($row++,$column+1,$edmta);
    }
  }

  $row++;
  my $range = intToRange($row,$column,$row,$column+5);
  printf "%s\n",$range;
  my $title_fmt2 = $workbook->add_format(
                 valign => 'vcenter', 
                    align=>'center');
  $worksheet->merge_range($range,"INET Instances",$title_fmt2);

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The first call to merge_range works fine, and the second bombs with: 

Incorrect number of arguments at ./mailoutInventory.pl line 285
Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_p
+erl/5.14.2/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/Workbook.pm line 1545 during global
+ destruction.
        (in cleanup) Can't call method "_prepare_images" on unblessed 
+reference at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel/W
+orkbook.pm line 1546 during global destruction.

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The range I'm trying to set is KW1:KW6 (or row 389) which doesn't seem outrageous to me.

Thoughts anyone? Anybody else run into this sort of issue?

Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg

In reply to Odd crash involving Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by blue_cowdawg

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