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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

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#
# A simple formatting example that demonstrates how to add a diagonal cell
# border with Excel::Writer::XLSX
#
# reverse ('(c)'), May 2004, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
#

use strict;
use Excel::Writer::XLSX;


my $workbook  = Excel::Writer::XLSX->new( 'diag_border.xlsx' );
my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet();


my $format1 = $workbook->add_format( diag_type => '1' );

my $format2 = $workbook->add_format( diag_type => '2' );

my $format3 = $workbook->add_format( diag_type => '3' );

my $format4 = $workbook->add_format(
    diag_type   => '3',
    diag_border => '7',
    diag_color  => 'red',
);


$worksheet->write( 'B3',  'Text', $format1 );
$worksheet->write( 'B6',  'Text', $format2 );
$worksheet->write( 'B9',  'Text', $format3 );
$worksheet->write( 'B12', 'Text', $format4 );


__END__