Spreadsheet::WriteExcel accepts a valid filehandle as an argument to new() as of version 0.31. The best way to achieve what you want is via a tied scalar and the IO::Scalar module which is part of the IO::Stringy distribution. For example:

    #!/usr/bin/perl -w

    use strict;
    use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
    use IO::Scalar;

    # Write an Excel file to a string via IO::Scalar.
    # Refer to the IO::Scalar documentation for further details.
    #
    my $a;
    tie *XLS, 'IO::Scalar', \$a;

    # Create a spreadsheet and write something to it.
    #
    my $workbook  = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new(\*XLS);
    my $worksheet = $workbook->addworksheet();
    $worksheet->write(0, 0,  "Hi Excel!");
    $workbook->close(); # This is required

    # The Excel file is now in $a. As a demonstration, print it to a f
+ile.
    #
    open TMP, "> test.xls";
    binmode(TMP);
    print TMP $a;
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There are further examples of using filehandles with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel in the filehandle.pl program that is in the examples directory of the distribution.

John.
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