use Win32::OLE qw(in with); use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; use warnings; #Content-Type: text/html; $Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # die on errors... # get already active Excel application or open new $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); # open Excel file $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("c:/users/david/desktop/RBLCopy.xls");