my $MSWord = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application') or die $!; $MSWord->{'Visible'} = 1; my $doc = $MSWord->Documents->Open("c:/temp/Word.doc"); #### my $MSWord = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application') or die Win32::OLE->LastError(); $MSWord->{'Visible'} = 1; my $doc = $MSWord->Documents->Open("c:/temp/Word.doc") or die Win32::OLE->LastError();