---
name: "chartex"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libspreadsheet-writeexcel-perl"
version: "2.40-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chartex"
---

# chartex(1p)

A utility to extract charts from an Excel file for insertion into a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.

## NAME

chartex - A utility to extract charts from an Excel file for insertion into a Spreadsheet::WriteExcel file.

## DESCRIPTION

This program is used for extracting one or more charts from an Excel file in binary format. The charts can then be included in a `"Spreadsheet::WriteExcel"` file.

See the `"add_chart_ext()"` section of the  Spreadsheet::WriteExcel documentation for more details.

## SYNOPSIS

chartex \[--chartname --help --man\] file.xls

```
    Options:
        --chartname -c  The root name for the extracted charts,
                        defaults to "chart".
```

## OPTIONS

- **--chartname or -c**

  This sets the root name for the extracted charts, defaults to "chart". For example:

  ```
      $ chartex file.xls
      Extracting "Chart1" to chart01.bin
      $ chartex -c mychart file.xls
      Extracting "Chart1" to mychart01.bin
  ```

- **--help or -h**

  Print a brief help message and exits.

- **--man or -m**

  Prints the manual page and exits.

## AUTHOR

John McNamara jmcnamara@cpan.org

## VERSION

Version 0.02.

## COPYRIGHT

© MMV, John McNamara.

All Rights Reserved. This program is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.