How do I create graphs in Perl on Windows?

Question

How do I use Perl to create graphs?

I\'m running scheduled job that creates text reports. I\'d like to move this to the next step (for the management) and also crea

Answer 1

The Perl module Spreadsheet::WriteExcel allows you to create Excel workbooks that include charts.

You first have to create the type of chart that you want in Excel and then extract it out using a utility called chartex which is installed with Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.

The chart template can then be added to a new workbook and made to reference new data.

The documentation is here and there are several examples in the charts directory of the distro.

The mechanism is a little inflexible however and the it is sometimes tricky to get the exact result that you want.