Re^2: Win32::OLE->GetObject Fails on MS Word Document

Thank you davies. That works fine. Leaves me wondering what (if anything) GetObject is good for.

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Re^3: Win32::OLE->GetObject Fails on MS Word Document by davies (Monsignor) on Dec 16, 2020 at 22:51 UTC
If you really need to access a running instance, that's what GetObject does. It's very rare, but can be useful if you are doing weird things and can end up with invisible instances that you want to close down elegantly rather than through the task manager. It can also be useful if you need to do some manual work first and then let the code take over. Regards, John Davies	[reply]