Use OLE automation to create an Excel chart : Excel « Win32 « Perl






  1. Perl
  2. Win32
  3. Excel

Use OLE automation to create an Excel chart

  
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';

$class = 'Excel.Application';

$app = Win32::OLE->new( $class ) or die "Cannot connect to Excel, $!";


# Make application visible.
$app->{'Visible'} = 1;

# Create a new workbook.
$workbook = $app->Workbooks->Add();

# Set values in a "range".
$app->Range("A1")->{'Value'} = "A";
$app->Range("B1")->{'Value'} = "B";
$app->Range("B2")->{'Value'} = "C";
$app->Range("C2")->{'Value'} = "D";
$app->Range("A3")->{'Value'} = "E";
$app->Range("B3")->{'Value'} = 10;
$app->Range("C3")->{'Value'} = 10;


#
# Make a chart.
#
$worksheet   = $workbook->Worksheets(1);

$chart_range = $worksheet->Range("B3:C3");

$chart = $app->Charts->Add();

#$chart->{'ChartType'} = xlAreaStacked;

$chart->SetSourceData(
    {
    Source => $chart_range,
    PlotBy => xlColumns
    } );

$chart->{'HasTitle'} = 1;
$chart->ChartTitle->{'Text'} = "Chart Title";

# Leave Excel running. Use $app->Quit() to exit.
#$app->Quit();








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