Revision history for Perl module Excel::Writer::XLSX.
+ New feature.
- Removed/deprecated feature.
! Bug fix.
0.46 February 10 2012
! Fix for x-axis major/minor units in scatter charts.
Reported by Carey Drake.
0.45 January 9 2012
! Changed from File::Temp tempdir() to newdir() to cleanup the temp dir at
object destruction rather than the program exit. Also improved error
reporting when mkdir() fails.
Reported by Kevin Ruscoe.
! Fix to escape control characters in strings.
Reported by Kevin Ruscoe.
0.44 January 5 2012
! Fix for missing return value from Workbook::close() with filehandles.
RT 73724. Reported and patched by Charles Bailey.
! Fixed support special filename/filehandle '-'.
RT 73424. Reported by YuvalL and Charles Bailey.
! Fix for non-working reverse x_axis with Scatter charts.
Reported by Viqar Abbasi.
0.43 December 18 2011
+ Added chart axis label position option.
+ Added invert_if_negative option for chart series fills.
0.42 December 17 2011
! Fix for set_optimization() where first row isn't 0.
Reported by Giulio Orsero.
! Fix to preserve whitespace in inline strings.
Reported by Giulio Orsero.
0.41 December 10 2011
! Increased IO::File requirement to 1.14 to prevent taint issues on some
5.8.8/5.8.6 platforms.
0.40 December 7 2011
! Fix for unreadable xlsx files when generator program has -l on the
commandline or had redefined $/. Github issue #7.
Reported by John Riksten.
0.39 December 3 2011
! Fix for spurious Mac ._Makefile.PL in the distro which prevented
automated testing and installation. Github issue #5.
Reported by Tobias Oetiker.
! Fix for failing test sub_convert_date_time.t due to extra precision
on longdouble perls. RT #71762
Reported by Douglas Wilson.
0.38 December 3 2011
+ Backported from perl 5.10.0 to perl 5.8.2.
You are killing me guys. Killing me.
0.37 December 2 2011
+ Added additional axis options: minor and major units, log base
and axis crossing.
0.36 November 29 2011
+ Added "min" and "max" options to axis ranges via set_x_axis() and
set_y_axis.
0.35 November 27 2011
+ Added Scatter chart subtypes: markers_only (the default),
straight_with_markers, straight, smooth_with_markers and smooth.
0.34 November 4 2011
+ Added set_optimization() method to reduce memory usage for very large
data sets.
0.33 October 28 2011
+ Added addition conditional formatting types: cell, date, time_period,
text, average, duplicate, unique, top, bottom, blanks, no_blanks,
errors, no_errors, 2_color_scale, 3_color_scale, data_bar and formula.
0.32 October 20 2011
! Fix for format alignment bug.
Reported by Roderich Schupp.
0.31 October 18 2011
+ Added basic conditional formatting via the conditional_format()
Worksheet method. More conditional formatting types will follow.
+ Added conditional_format.pl example program.
0.30 October 6 2011
+ Added stacked and percent_stacked chart subtypes to Bar and Column
chart types.
0.29 October 5 2011
+ Added the merge_range_type() method for finer control over the types
writen using merge_range().
0.28 October 4 2011
+ Added default write_formula() value for compatibility with Google docs.
+ Updated Example.pm docs with Excel 2007 images.
0.27 October 2 2011
+ Excel::Writer::XLSX is now 100% functionally and API compatible
with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.
+ Added outlines and grouping functionality.
+ Added outline.pl and outline_collapsed.pl example programs.
0.26 October 1 2011
+ Added cell comment methods and options.
Thanks to Barry Downes for providing the interim functionality
+ Added comments1.pl and comments2.pl example programs.
0.25 June 16 2011
+ Added option to add defined names to workbooks and worksheets.
Added defined_name.pl example program.
! Fix for fit_to_pages() with zero values.
Reported by Aki Huttunen.
0.24 June 11 2011
+ Added data validation and data_validate.pl example.
+ Added the option to turn off data series in chart legends.
0.23 May 26 2011
! Fix for charts ranges containing empty values.
0.22 May 22 2011
+ Added 'reverse' option to set_x_axis() and set_y_axis() in
charts.
0.21 May 11 2011
! Fixed support for filehandles.
+ Added write_to_scalar.pl and filehandle.pl example programs.
0.20 May 10 2011
! Fix for programs running under taint mode.
+ Added set_tempdir().
! Fix for color formatting in chartsheets.
0.19 May 5 2011
+ Added new chart formatting options for line properties,
markers, trendlines and data labels. See Chart.pm.
+ Added partial support for insert_image().
+ Improved backward compatibility for deprecated methods
store_formula() and repeat_formula().
! Fixed missing formatting for array formulas.
Reported by Cyrille Gourves.
! Fixed issue with chart scaling that caused "unreadable content"
Excel error.
0.18 April 7 2011
+ Added set_properties() method to add document properties.
Added properties.pl and tests.
0.17 April 4 2011
+ Added charting feature. See Chart.pm.
! Fix for file corruption issue when there are more than 10 custom colours.
Reported by Brian R. Landy.
0.16 March 4 2011
! Clarified support for deprecated methods in documentation and added
backward compatible methods in some cases.
! Fix for center_horizontally() issue.
Reported by Giulio Orsero.
! Fix for number like strings getting written as strings instead of numbers.
Reported by Giulio Orsero.
0.15 March 1 2011
! Fix for issues with set_row() not passing on format to cells
in the row. Reported by Giulio Orsero.
! Fixes for related issue in set_column().
0.14 February 26 2011
+ Added write_rich_string() method to write a string with multiple
formats.
+ Added rich_strings.pl example program.
+ Added set_1904() method for dates with a 1904 epoch.
+ Added date_time.pl example program.
! Fixed issue where leading and trailing whitespace in cell strings
wasn't preserved.
0.13 February 22 2011
+ Added additional page setup methods:
set_zoom()
right_to_left()
hide_zero()
set_custom_color()
set_tab_color()
protect()
+ Added Cell property methods:
set_locked()
set_hidden()
+ Added example programs:
hide_sheet.pl
protection.pl
right_to_left.pl
tab_colors.pl
0.12 February 19 2011
+ Added set_selection() method for selecting cells.
0.11 February 17 2011
! Fix for temp dirs not been removed after xlsx file creation.
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=65816
Reported by Andreas Koenig.
0.10 February 17 2011
+ Added freeze_panes() and split_panes().
+ Added panes.pl example program.
0.09 February 13 2011
+ Added write_url() for internal and external hyperlinks.
+ Added hyperlink1+2.pl example programs.
0.08 February 3 2011
+ Added autofilter(), column_filter() and column_filter_list() methods.
+ Added autofilter.pl example program.
0.07 January 28 2011
+ Added additional Page Setup methods.
set_page_view()
repeat_rows()
repeat_columns()
hide_gridlines()
print_row_col_headers()
print_area()
print_across()
fit_to_pages()
set_start_page()
set_print_scale()
set_h_pagebreaks()
set_v_pagebreaks()
+ Added headers.pl example program.
0.06 January 19 2011
! Added fix for XML characters in attributes.
Reported by John Roll.
+ Added initial Page Setup methods.
set_landscape()
set_portrait()
set_paper()
center_horizontally()
center_vertically()
set_margins()
set_header()
set_footer()
0.05 January 4 2011
+ Added support for array_formulas. See the docs for write_array_formula()
and the example program.
0.04 January 3 2011
+ Added merge_range() for merging cells. With tests and examples.
0.03 January 3 2011
+ Optimisations. The module is now 100% faster.
0.02 October 12 2010
! Fixed dependencies in Makefile.
0.01 October 11 2010
First CPAN release.