Description: ------------ I am trying to generate an excel document where cell data could be more than 255 characters. But even after specifying the version as mentioned in one of the previous posts, the problem still persists. I get the error as mentioned below. It would be great if anyone can help me with this problem of cell data being truncated at 255 characters. Test script: --------------- $workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer(); $workbook->setVersion(8); // Use Excel97/2000 Format $worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet(ucwords($vpack_arr[$ctr])); $worksheet->setRow(0,22); $worksheet->write(0, 0, "A", $columnHeading); $worksheet->write(0, 1, "B", $columnHeading); $workbook->send("WB.xls"); $workbook->close(); Expected result: ---------------- An excel document where cell data with more than 255 characters. Actual result: -------------- But after generation of the excel document, when I try to open the document in MS Excel 2003, I get the following message: "Excel found unreadable content in 'xyz.xls'. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this work book, cilck Yes." On clicking Yes, I get the following error "Damage to the file was so extensive that repairs were not possible. Excel attempted to recover your formulas and values, but some data may have been lost or corrupted." And all the formatting is lost. But the cell data wasn't truncated at 255 characters.

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Confirmed to exist with 0.9.2 on Debian.