use Win32::OLE; use Win32::OLE::Const; #... my $ex_ol = Win32::OLE::Const->Load("Microsoft Excel 10.0 Object Library"); my $xcl = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application','Quit'); #later $xcl->Application->{DisplayAlerts} = 0; $doc->SaveAs($outputFileName, $$ex_ol{'xlWorkbookNormal'});