Patch provided by Mark E. Perkins in PR 36465.
2.18 January 18 2007 - Minor
! Correct invalid user set_column() calls to prevent
crashes after Excel patch KB918419 is applied.
Thanks to Sharron McKenzie for debugging.
! Fixed bug when writing comments longer than 8219 bytes.
Reported by jscaglione.
! Fixed bug when using copy() with merged formats.
Reported by jscaglione.
! Fixed bug where $@ was clobbered during garbage collection.
Reported by afoxson.
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=24218
! Removed all non-ascii characters from main docs to
avoid problems with troff and man.
Reported by Ken Williams.
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=20948
+ Added autoloading of OLE::Storage_Lite, when available,
to create workbooks larger than 7MB. It is no longer
required to explicitly use ::Big.
+ Added handling of Unicode sheet names in formulas
as suggested by Zhur:
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=20059
Based on patch provided by Martin Wilke via PR 34389,
and remove dependency on p5-File-Temp-[0-9]*, it's already included in
perl base package.
Changes:
2.17 May 21 2006 - Minor
+ Added set_tab_color() method and example (tab_colors.pl).
+ Add set_page_view() method for Mac Excel view style
and better default worksheet dimensions.
+ Added simulated row_wrap.pl example.
+ Added simulated Autofit example (autofit.pl).
! Fixed RT #17801, incorrect close value with filehandles.
Thanks to Josie.
! Changed comment font to Excel's default of Tahoma 8.
Reported by Stefano Maurri.
! Fixed bug that stopped Charts working in 2.16.
2.16 January 6 2005 - Major
+ Rewrote and reinstated the write_comment() method to take
account of the changes in the Excel 97+ comment format.
Currently conflicts with insert_bitmap(), see docs.
+ Added standard styles such as comma, percent and currency.
! Changed write_url() methods to allow numbers or formulas
as well as strings as the optional text.
Requested by many.
+ Documented use of encoding flag in add_worksheet() to allow
handling of UTF-16 sheet names.
+ Added encoding flag to merge_range() method to allow
handling of UTF-16 strings. Requested by many.
Added merge6.pl example program.
+ Added hide_zero() worksheet method to allow hiding of zero
values in cells.
+ Added print_across() worksheet method to allow changing of
the default print direction.
+ Added right_to_left() worksheet method to allow changing of
the default worksheet direction in eastern versions of Excel.
+ Documented the Worksheet hide() method.
+ Added comments1.pl and comments2.pl example programs.
+ Added tests for the internal methods used by write_comment().
2.15 September 18 2005 - Minor
! Changed OLE container stream name from "Book" to "Workbook"
for compatibility with some third party apps.
Thanks Wieland Pusch and Kevin McMahon.
! Fixed bug that caused all worksheets to be selected in
OpenOfficeOrg causing strange linking of data between
Worksheets. Thanks M. Brodbelt. See
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=14094http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=52955
! Changed file creation from end of program to the start of
program in order to avoid race conditions and extra file
creation on VMS.
+ Added optional user supplied results for formulas as a
workaround for uncalcuated values in some non-Excel apps.
Added formula_result.pl example of above.
2.14 May 9 2005 - Minor
! Fixed handling of Unicode font names.
2.13 April 20 2005 - Minor
! Made it a fatal error to use a merged format in a non-
merged cell (and vice-versa). This is a temporary measure
to prevent people from shooting themselves in the foot
until the Format.pm code can be refactored.
+ Add 01_merge_formats.t test for above.
+ Added date_time tests.
2.12 March 22 2005 - Minor
+ Added further Unicode support. The following methods now
handle uft8 in perl 5.8:
add_worksheet()
set_header()
set_footer()
set_font()
set_num_format()
+ Added unicode_cyrillic.pl example.
+ Added 01_add_worksheet.t test.
2.11 September 30 2004 - Minor
- Removed undocumented date_time handling from write() to
avoid potential false matches.
+ Added add_write_handler() method to allow users to add
their own data handlers to write().
+ Added 4 write_handler examples.
2.10 September 23 2004 - Major
+ Added chart support via external templates.
Added Chart.pm and add_chart_ext() method to Workbook object.
Added /charts directory with examples and documentation
+ Added write_date_time() worksheet method for writing dates
and times in Excel date format.
Added date_time.pl example.
+ Added automatic Unicode handling via utf8 in perl 5.8 and
later. Thanks Mark Fowler.
Added several unicode_*.pl examples in different encodings.
Thanks to Sean Burke for the sample encodings.
+ Added write_to_scalar.pl example in order to answer frequently
asked question about writing an Excel file to a scalar.
2.04 August 18 2004 - Minor
! Fixed handling of Euro symbol in num_format() strings.
! Renamed the Excel 5 style merge() format to the more correct
center_across(). Updated examples accordingly.
! Added bug warning about using merge formats outside of
merged ranges.
+ Fixed handling of doubled double quotes in formula strings.
Thanks to a tip from merlyn.
+ The 2.xx versions are now compatible with MS Access. Removed
statements to the contrary.
2.03 July 4 2004 - Minor
! Fixed bug that prevented column outlines from displaying.
Thanks to Marc Rosenthal.
! Enhanced add_worksheet() name checking to exclude case-
insensitive duplicate names.
Thanks to James Wilkinson.
! Internal fix to number of rows in several (unseen) places.
+ Added mod_perl 2 example program from Matisse Enzer. Thanks.
2.02 May 28 2004 - Minor
+ Fixed internal version numbers to keep CPAN.pm happy.
Thanks to David Dyck.
+ Minor changes to demo.pl merge5.pl and the html docs.
2.01 May 27 2004 - Major
This version is a MAJOR revision to Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. The
format of the Excel file that it produces has been updated from
Excel 5 to Excel 97. This allows support for long, 32k character
strings and Unicode.
DUE TO THE MAJOR INTERNAL CHANGES IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU TEST
THIS UPGRADE FULLY BEFORE DEPLOYING IT.
Also note that this version can be 1.5 to 2 times slower than
previous versions and the write_comment() method has been
temporarily removed. These issues will be fixed in later releases.
+ Changed the default Excel format to Excel 97.
+ Added support for strings up to 32767 character.
+ Added support for Unicode strings.
+ Improved speed in relation to pre-release versions.
However, it is still slower than the 1.xx versions.
+ Improved OpenOffice.org support.
+ Added more examples: diag_border.pl, indent.pl,
unicode.pl, unicode_japan.pl, unicode_list.pl
+ Changed the distro dir structure.
- Temporarily removed write_comment() support since the Excel 5
version isn't compatible with Excel 97+.
1.01 May 24 2004 - Minor
! Small non-bug fix to write_comment().
0.43 April 28 2004 - Minor
! Fixed longstanding bug where page setup features didn't
show up in OpenOffice.org.
! Fixed localised @_ bug when using threaded perls.
Thanks Tamas Gulacsi and Stephan Loescher.
0.42 August 26 2003 - Minor
! Fixed bug when using IO::Sclalar object as a filehandle.
Thanks to Kyle R. Burton and David Robins.
! Fixed minor formula parser bug.
Thanks Michael Braig
! Fixed handling of column sizing for widths less than 1
unit (again). Thanks to Rubio (again).
! Failed new() returns undef instead of croak()ing as per docs.
developer is officially maintaining the package.
The rationale for changing this from "tech-pkg" to "pkgsrc-users" is
that it implies that any user can try to maintain the package (by
submitting patches to the mailing list). Since the folks most likely
to care about the package are the folks that want to use it or are
already using it, this would leverage the energy of users who aren't
developers.
module directory has changed (eg. "darwin-2level" vs.
"darwin-thread-multi-2level").
binary packages of perl modules need to be distinguishable between
being built against threaded perl and unthreaded perl, so bump the
PKGREVISION of all perl module packages and introduce
BUILDLINK_RECOMMENDED for perl as perl>=5.8.5nb5 so the correct
dependencies are registered and the binary packages are distinct.
addresses PR pkg/28619 from H. Todd Fujinaka.
+ Added facility for adding outlines to worksheets. Added
outline.pl example.
+ Moved write_comment() code into the core modules. It is now
possible to write cell comments.
+ Added option to return a slice from the sheets() method.
+ Added link to latest Excel97 pre-release.
! Changed, once more, the handling of temp files to avoid several
file closing bugs.
! Fixed handling of column sizing for widths less than 1 unit.
! Renamed addworksheet() and addformat() to add_worksheet()
and add_format() for consistency with other method names.
Older names are supported but deprecated.
! Fixed internal sheet indexing in formulas on some platforms.
This caused multi-sheet workbooks with formulas to crash.
! Fixed non-lexical filehandles to prevent problems in
multi-threaded environments.
+ Added the set_codepage() workbook method. This is mainly to
prevent a bug that caused Gnumeric to crash but it is also
useful for people working with non ascii chars on the Macintosh.
! Fixed the non-deletion of temporary files. Users of version
0.38 should probably clean up their tmp dirs manually.
! Changed default handling of set_fg_color and set_bg_color from
what Excel expected to what everyone else expected. Setting the
fill colour of a cell should now be more intuitive.
+ Replaced the merge_cells() method with the merge_range() method.
This is mainly to prevent the Excel 97 crashing bug that occurs
when merge_cells() is used correctly. It also provide a simpler
interface to the merge feature. Updated merge example programs.
! Refactored the error raising mechanism for formulas. The source
of errors should now be clearer.
! Minor internal fixes to Format.pm.
+ Added formula caching to speed up the writing of formulas.
+ Added handling of A:A column notation in formulas and
applicable worksheet methods.
+ Changed handling of numbers with leading zeroes so that they
can be treated as strings and the zeroes maintained.
+ Modified $workbook->close() to return the value of the system
file close.
+ Made file size exceeded a die() error instead of a warning.
+ Added option to hide row with the set_row() method
+ Added more examples: merge4.pl, merge5.pl, sendmail.pl and repeat.pl
! Fixed write_url() when handling relative links in the current
directory.
! Fixed handling of multiple AND()'s and OR()'s in formulas.
! Fixed bug when creating a very large number of files within a
single program on Windows.
! Added warning about Excel97 crashing bug with merge_cells().
! Fixed handling of parentheses in Worksheet names.
! Fixed minor bugs in Format.pm. Thanks Johann Hanne.
! Fixed File::Temp dependency in Makefile. Thanks to many.
+ Added set_tempdir() method to allow a user defined temp directory.
+ Fixed default format behaviour for formats set via the set_row()
and set_column() methods.
+ Extended the hide_gridlines() method to allow hiding of screen
gridlines as well as print gridlines.
+ Added long_string.pl a workaround example for the 255 char
limit.
+ Added https match to url regex.
+ Added user definable colour palette.
+ Added headers.pl and colors.pl examples.
The Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module can be used to create a cross-
platform Excel binary file. Multiple worksheets can be added to a
workbook and formatting can be applied to cells. Text, numbers,
formulas, hyperlinks and images can be written to the cells.
The Excel file produced by this module is compatible with Excel 5,
95, 97, 2000 and 2002.
The module will work on the majority of Windows, UNIX and
Macintosh platforms. Generated files are also compatible with the
Linux/UNIX spreadsheet applications Gnumeric and OpenOffice.
The generated files are not compatible with MS Access.
