use strict; use warnings; use Win32::OLE; use Data::Dumper; my $xl = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application'); $xl->{Visible} = 1; #my $wb = $xl->Workbooks->Add; print Dumper $xl->{Calculation}; $xl->{Calculation}=-4135; print Dumper $xl->{Calculation}; #### X:\Data\Perl>1145425.pl $VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = 40621128)}, 'Win32::OLE::Variant' ); $VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = 40621128)}, 'Win32::OLE::Variant' ); #### X:\Data\Perl>1145425.pl $VAR1 = -4105; $VAR1 = -4135;