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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

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# Example of how to set Excel worksheet tab colours.
#
# reverse('©'), May 2006, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
#

use strict;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;


my $workbook   = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('tab_colors.xls');

my $worksheet1 = $workbook->add_worksheet();
my $worksheet2 = $workbook->add_worksheet();
my $worksheet3 = $workbook->add_worksheet();
my $worksheet4 = $workbook->add_worksheet();

# Worksheet1 will have the default tab colour.
$worksheet2->set_tab_color('red');
$worksheet3->set_tab_color('green');
$worksheet4->set_tab_color(0x35); # Orange