#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';

#$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;                                # die on errors...

# get already active Excel application or open new
my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')
    || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');  

# open Excel file
my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("u:/file.xls"); 
my $Book1 = $Excel->Workbooks->Open("u:/v3.xls");


# select worksheet number 1 (you can also select a worksheet by name)
my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets(1);
my $Sheet1 = $Book1->Worksheets(1);
my $val1;
my $cnt=0;
my $line;

foreach my $row (1..3000)
{
 foreach my $col (1)
 {
  my $val;
  next unless defined $Sheet->Cells($row,1)->{'Value'};
  $val = $Sheet->Cells($row,1)->{'Value'};
  #findl($val);
  for($cnt=1;$cnt<=65536;$cnt++){
    $val1 = $Sheet1->Cells($cnt,1)->{'Value'};
    if ((defined $val1) && (index($val1,$val) != -1)){
      $line =$cnt if (!defined $line);
      $Sheet->Cells($row,2)->{'Value'}= *;
      last;
    }
        
 }
}
}
$Book->SaveAs ("u:/file.xls") ;
# clean up after ourselves
$Book->Close;
$Book1->Close;