#!/perl/bin/perl -w use Win32::OLE qw(in with); $Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # die on errors... $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("c:/scripts/RBLCopy.xls"); $xlImport = $Book->Worksheets("Import"); $xlImport->Activate(); $Excel->{'Visible'} = 1; my $cell= $xlImport->Cells(1,1)->{Value}; #### $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');