use Win32::OLE;
        my $acum = 0;
        my $file2Parse = "c:/failureFile.xls";
        my @DBrow;
        my @DBResult;
        my $ref;

        $row = 1;


        $ex = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application');
        $ex = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application') or die "Oops, cannot start Excel";

        # get a new workbook
        $book = $ex->Workbooks->Open($file2Parse) or die "no file opened";

        # write to a particular cell
        $sheet = $book->Worksheets(1);
 
        while ($acum!=17) {
           $acum = 0;

           for ($column=1;$column<=17;$column++) {
              print $sheet->Cells($row,$column)->{Value}."||";
#              $DBrow[$column-1] = $sheet->Cells($row,$column)->{Value};

              if ($sheet->Cells($row,$column)->{Value} eq "") {
                 $acum++;
              }
           }
            
           if ($acum != 17) {
#              $DBResult[$row-1] = [@DBrow];
           }
           $row++;
        }


        $book->Close;
        undef $book;
        undef $ex;