use strict; use Win32::OLE qw(in with); use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; use Win32::OLE::Variant; use Win32::OLE::NLS qw(:LOCALE :DATE); $Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; my $excelfile = $ARGV[0]; my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); $Excel->{'Visible'} = 1; $Excel->{DisplayAlerts} = 0; my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Add(); my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($excelfile); while(1){}