#!/usr/bin/perl -w ############################################################################### # # Simple example of how to embed an externally created chart into a # Spreadsheet:: WriteExcel worksheet. # # # This example adds a line chart extracted from the file Chart1.xls as follows: # # perl chartex.pl -c=demo5 Chart5.xls # # # reverse('©'), September 2007, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org # use strict; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('demo5.xls'); my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet(); # Embed a chart extracted using the chartex utility $worksheet->embed_chart('D3', 'demo501.bin'); # Link the chart to the worksheet data using a dummy formula. $worksheet->store_formula('=Sheet1!A1'); # Add some extra formats to cover formats used in the charts. my $chart_font_1 = $workbook->add_format(font_only => 1); my $chart_font_2 = $workbook->add_format(font_only => 1); # Add all other formats (if any). # Add data to range that the chart refers to. my @nums = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ); my @squares = (0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100); $worksheet->write_col('A1', \@nums ); $worksheet->write_col('B1', \@squares); __END__