1This directory contains files that are relevant to the the addition of charts to a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.
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3The files are as follows:
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5    charts.txt      Explanation of how to include externally generated
6                    charts in a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.
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8    charts.pod      Same as the above in Pod format.
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10    chartex.pl*     A utility to extract charts from an Excel file.
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12    demo1.pl        A demo of a line chart.
13    demo2.pl        A demo of a pie chart.
14    demo3.pl        A demo of a Open-High-Low-Close stock chart.
15    demo4.pl        A demo of a Open-High-Low-Close stock chart (embedded).
16    demo5.pl        A demo of a line chart (embedded).
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18    Chart1.xls      A template for use with demo1.pl.
19    Chart2.xls      A template for use with demo2.pl.
20    Chart3.xls      A template for use with demo3.pl.
21    Chart4.xls      A template for use with demo4.pl.
22    Chart5.xls      A template for use with demo5.pl.
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24    * If you performed a normal installation then the chartex utility
25      should be installed to your 'somepath/perl/bin' directory and
26      should be available from the command line.
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29You can run the examples as follows:
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31    perl chartex.pl -c=demo1 Chart1.xls
32    perl demo1.pl
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34    perl chartex.pl -c=demo2 Chart2.xls
35    perl demo2.pl
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37    perl chartex.pl -c=demo3 Chart3.xls
38    perl demo3.pl
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40    perl chartex.pl -c=demo4 Chart4.xls
41    perl demo4.pl
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43    perl chartex.pl -c=demo5 Chart5.xls
44    perl demo5.pl
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47See charts.txt for further details of how to include externally generated charts in a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.
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