Re: Import excel file

[Ben Pfaff]

Michel, here's a patch for configure.ac that I believe should
allow the configuration process to automatically detect
libxlsreader and link against it if it is found:

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac57a2a..55971d6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ if test x"$with_gui_tools" = x"yes" ; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_GUI_TOOLS, test x"$with_gui_tools" = x"yes")
 
+dnl Check for libxlsreader.
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(
+  [xls_open], [xlsreader],
+  [HAVE_LIBXLSREADER=yes],
+  [HAVE_LIBXLSREADER=no
+   PSPP_OPTIONAL_PREREQ([libxlsreader])])
+if test $HAVE_LIBXLSREADER = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(
+    [XLS_SUPPORT], [1],
+    [Define to 1 if building in support for reading Excel spreadsheet files.])
+fi
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(
   [perl-module],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-perl-module], [do not build the Perl module])],

-- 
Ben Pfaff 
http://benpfaff.org