ppm> install OLE::Storage_Lite
ppm> install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
ppm> install Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # die on errors...
# get already active Excel application or open new
my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')
|| Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');
# open Excel file
my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("c:/komodo projects/test.xls");
# You can dynamically obtain the number of worksheets, rows, and columns
# through the Excel OLE interface. Excel's Visual Basic Editor has more
# information on the Excel OLE interface. Here we just use the first
# worksheet, rows 1 through 4 and columns 1 through 3.
# select worksheet number 1 (you can also select a worksheet by name)
my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets(1);
foreach my $row (1..4)
{
       foreach my $col (1..3)
       {
             # skip empty cells
       next unless defined $Sheet->Cells($row,$col)->{'Value'};
             # print out the contents of a cell
             printf "At ($row, $col) the value is %s and the formula is %s\n",
       $Sheet->Cells($row,$col)->{'Value'},
       $Sheet->Cells($row,$col)->{'Formula'};
       }
}
# clean up after ourselves
$Book->Close;

$sheet->Cells($row, $col)->{'Value'} = 1;

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
my $oExcel = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
die "You must provide a filename to $0 to be parsed as an Excel file" unless @ARGV;
my $oBook = $oExcel->Parse($ARGV[0]);
my($iR, $iC, $oWkS, $oWkC);
print "FILE :", $oBook->{File} , "\n";
print "COUNT :", $oBook->{SheetCount} , "\n";
print "AUTHOR:", $oBook->{Author} , "\n"
if defined $oBook->{Author};
for(my $iSheet=0; $iSheet < $oBook->{SheetCount} ; $iSheet++)
{
$oWkS = $oBook->{Worksheet}[$iSheet];
print "--------- SHEET:", $oWkS->{Name}, "\n";
for(my $iR = $oWkS->{MinRow} ;
defined $oWkS->{MaxRow} && $iR <= $oWkS->{MaxRow} ;
$iR++)
{
for(my $iC = $oWkS->{MinCol} ;
defined $oWkS->{MaxCol} && $iC <= $oWkS->{MaxCol} ;
$iC++)
{
$oWkC = $oWkS->{Cells}[$iR][$iC];
       print "( $iR , $iC ) =>", $oWkC->Value, "\n" if($oWkC);
}
}
}

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
use Data::Dumper;
# cobbled together from examples for the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and
# Spreadsheet::WriteExcel modules
my $sourcename = shift @ARGV;
my $destname = shift @ARGV or
die "invocation: $0 <source file> <destination file>";
my $source_excel = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
my $source_book = $source_excel->Parse($sourcename)
or die "Could not open source Excel file $sourcename: $!";
my $storage_book;
foreach my $source_sheet_number (0 .. $source_book->{SheetCount}-1)
{
my $source_sheet = $source_book->{Worksheet}[$source_sheet_number];
print "--------- SHEET:", $source_sheet->{Name}, "\n";
       # sanity checking on the source file: rows and columns should be sensible
next unless defined $source_sheet->{MaxRow};
next unless $source_sheet->{MinRow} <= $source_sheet->{MaxRow};
next unless defined $source_sheet->{MaxCol};
next unless $source_sheet->{MinCol} <= $source_sheet->{MaxCol};
foreach my $row_index ($source_sheet->{MinRow} ..
$source_sheet->{MaxRow})
       {
       foreach my $col_index ($source_sheet->{MinCol} ..
       $source_sheet->{MaxCol})
             {
             my $source_cell = $source_sheet->{Cells}[$row_index][$col_index];
                   if ($source_cell)
                   {
                         print "( $row_index , $col_index ) =>", $source_cell->Value, "\n";
                   if ($source_cell->{Type} eq 'Numeric')
                         {
                         $storage_book->{$source_sheet->{Name}}->{$row_index}-
                               >{$col_index} = $source_cell->Value*2;
                               }
                               else
                               {
                               $storage_book->{$source_sheet->{Name}}->{$row_index}-
                                     >{$col_index} = $source_cell->Value;
                                     } # end of if/else
                               } # end of source_cell check
                         } # foreach col_index
                   } # foreach row_index
            } # foreach source_sheet_number
            print "Perl recognized the following data (sheet/row/column order):\n";
            print Dumper $storage_book;
            my $dest_book = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("$destname")
             or die "Could not create a new Excel file in $destname: $!";
            print "\n\nSaving recognized data in $destname...";
            foreach my $sheet (keys %$storage_book)
            {
                   my $dest_sheet = $dest_book->addworksheet($sheet);
             foreach my $row (keys %{$storage_book->{$sheet}})
                         {
                         foreach my $col (keys %{$storage_book->{$sheet}->{$row}})
                                     {
                                     $dest_sheet->write($row, $col, $storage_book->{$sheet}->{$row}->{$col});
                                     } # foreach column
                               } # foreach row
                        } # foreach sheet
                        $dest_book->close();
                        print "done!\n";