Generating a Report with Graphs and Tables

[tlohan]

Hi,

I have used Perl to gather stats on the performance of a product I am working on. I output these stats to a comma delimited file.

I have been manually going through this file to create a report document which contains tables and text.

I believe its possible to create tables and graphs with Perl and wish to write a program to automate the creation of a results document in Microsoft Word.

Any pointers on where to start would be of great benefit.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[tanderso]

I don't know about writing to Word format, but you can create graphics with GD::Graph or Image::Magick. Search CPAN (

http://cpan.org)

for any modules for writing to Microsoft Word. Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
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http://www.oac-design.com

 

[FreeBASE]

You can also try the Template Toolkit (CPAN: Template).
This module has a killer set of graphing utilities (among other things) that are easy to implement.

CPAN install Template

 

[MikeLacey]

Should be possible to create a .rtf document, which can then be read into Word. Mike

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[tlohan]

Hi,

I have installed GD::Graphs and the Template Toolkit and have been playing around with these.

I see that the Template Toolkit can use GD::Graphs as a plugin and have tried the code in the example but it is not working for me.

I want to try and output this to a Word document if possible.

Any ideas ??

Thanks,

Tom