Posted by petersprc on 08/12/07 07:35

Not sure why, do you need to set the version maybe:

$workbook->setVersion(8);

"This method exists just to access experimental functionality from
BIFF8. It will be deprecated ! Only possible value is 8 (Excel
97/2000). For any other value it fails silently."

http://www.go-pear.org/reference/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.8/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer_Workbook.html#methodsetVersion

On Aug 10, 12:07 pm, Mike Miller <mike.a.mil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer module from Pear to generate
> Excel spreadsheets from my application. Currently I am finding that
> when I create a new excel spreadsheet I get a message when opening the
> file saying:
>
> File error: Data may have been lost.
>
> Not sure what this is caused by or how to rectify it. I am trying to
> open the excel file with excel 2007.
>
> M

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