Unable to get the SaveAs property of the Workbook class Win32::OLE(0.1712) error 0x800a03ec in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "SaveAs" at E:\Automation Related\Perl Scripts - ALL\I MS_debugging\Final_Scripts\Final_Script_Working\IMS_Debug_Script_V5.pl line 589.

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

#my $Excel_path = 'Parameters.xlsx';
#print $Excel_path;

#Need to use absolute path for Excel files
#my $excelfile = abs_path("$Excel_path") or die "Error: the file $Exce
+l_path has not been found\n";

#print $excelfile;
# open Excel file
#my $dir = "E:\\Automation Related\\Perl Scripts - ALL\\IMS_debugging\
+\Excel\\";

my $dir = getcwd();
my $excelfile = 'Parameters.xlsx';
my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($dir."\\".$excelfile)
  or die Win32::OLE->LastError(); 
  
#my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($dir.$excelfile)
#my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($excelfile)
#  or die Win32::OLE->LastError(); 

# get keywords
my $kwhashref = get_keywords($Book);  

# create regex
my $match = join '|',map{quotemeta} keys %$kwhashref;
my $re = qr/$match/;
#print $re;

# search files and update workbook
my @files = grep { -f } (<main_log*>);   
for my $file (@files){
  my $line_no = 0;
  print "Reading $file\n";
  open my $fh, '<', $file or die $!;
  while (<$fh>){
    chomp;
    ++$line_no;
    s/ +/ /g;    # remove multiple spaces
    
    # Original
    # # special pcscf_v4 extract addr
    # if (/($re).*addr = ([.\d]+)/){
      # print "Line $line_no kw=[$1] value=[$2] special\n"; 
      # update_sheet($1,$2);
      # next;
    # }
    
    # # match more than 1 per line e.g. usim and isim   
    # while (/($re)[ =]*([.\d]+)/g){
      # print "Line $line_no kw=[$1] value=[$2]\n"; 
      # update_sheet($1,$2);
    # }
    
    if (/($re).*addr = ([.\da-fA-F:]+)/){
    my $msg = update_sheet($1,$2,$_);
      print "Line $line_no $msg special\n"; 
      next;
    }
    
    # match more than 1 per line e.g. usim and isim   
    while (/($re)[ =]*([^,]+)/g){
      my $msg = update_sheet($1,$2,$_);
      print "Line $line_no $msg\n";
    }
    
  }  
  close $fh;
}
#pp $kwhashref; # debug
#my$var = 'updated';
# save as new spreadsheet
my $temp = cwd();

#$Excel->{DisplayAlerts}=0; # This turns off the "This file already ex
+ists" message.
#$Book->Save; #Or $Book->SaveAs("C:\\file_name.xls");
#$Book->Close; #or $Excel->Quit;

$Book->SaveAs($dir.'_updated'.$excelfile);
# working saveas if path is provided 
#$Book->SaveAs("E:\\Automation Related\\Perl Scripts - ALL\\IMS_debugg
+ing\\Final_Scripts\\Final_Script_Working\\temporary.xlsx"); 
# working if given directly as file name. under User/recent/ 
#$Book->SaveAs("temporary.xlsx"); 

#$Book->SaveAs($excelfile.'.xlsx'); 
         
$Book->Close;

# update sheet
# original
# sub update_sheet {
  # my ($kw,$value) = @_;
  # my ($sht,$r,$c) = @{$kwhashref->{$kw}}[0..2];
  # $Book->Worksheets($sht)->Cells($r,$c+1)->{Value} = $value;
  # $kwhashref->{$kw}[3] = $value; # for debugging
# }

sub update_sheet {
  my ($kw,$value,$comment) = @_;  
  my $clean = cleanup($kw,$value);
  
  my ($sht,$r,$c) = @{$kwhashref->{$kw}}[0..2];
  my $sel = $Book->Worksheets($sht)->Cells($r,$c+1);
  $sel->Insert({ Shift => -4161}); # xlToRight
  $sel->{Value} = $clean;
  $sel->AddComment( { Text=> $comment } );
  $sel->Comment->Shape->TextFrame->{ AutoSize } = 1;

  $kwhashref->{$kw}[3] = $value; # for debugging
  $kwhashref->{$kw}[4] = $clean; # for debugging
  return "kw=[$kw] value=[$value] clean=[$clean]";
}


# get keywords
sub get_keywords {
  my ($book) = @_;;
 
  my %word = ();
  for my $sht (1..$book->Worksheets->Count){
    my $Sheet = $book->Worksheets($sht);     
  
    # determine position of keywords
    # $Sheet->UsedRange->Value;
    my $rng = $Sheet->UsedRange->Address( 
            { ReferenceStyle => -4150 } ); # R1C1:R2C2
    my ($r1,$c1,$r2,$c2) = ($rng =~ m/[RC](\d+)/g);
    $r2 = $r2 || $r1;
    $c2 = $c2 || $c1;
    print "Sheet $sht Range $rng r1=$r1 c1=$c1 r2=$r2 c2=$c2\n";
    
    # build keyword hash storing cell position
    for my $c ($c1..$c2){
      for my $r ($r1..$r2){
        my $val = $Sheet->Cells($r,$c)->Value || '';
        if ($val){
          $word{$val} = [$sht,$r,$c]; # sheet row col
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return \%word;
}

# remove unwanted chars from value
sub cleanup {
  my ($kw,$value) = @_;
  
  # generic cleansing
  $value =~ s/[\[\]]//g; # remove all [] brackets
  $value =~ s/^\s+//g;   # remove leading whitespace
  $value =~ s/\s+$//g;   # remove trailing whitespace
  
  # specific cleansing
  #if ($kw =~ //){
    # $value =~ s///g
  #}
  
  # specific cleaning for isim usim sim_invalid
    if ( $kw =~ /^(isim|usim|sim_invalid|pcscf_discovery_flag|signalin
+g_flag|EVS payload type|evs_mode_switch|check_nw_im_cn_signaling_flag
+|is_ems_support|emergency_ind|ran_type|plmn|VT_SUPPORT|WFC_SUPPORT|ra
+t_type:|access RAT|port|integrity_algo|profile.home_uri|profile.imei|
+profile.private_uid|profile.public_uid|ua rat)/ ){
    $value =~ s/(\d+).*/$1/; # remove trailing text
    }
    
  return $value;
}
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Only post a SSCCE. The problem is that OLE::Win32 will not save to a path with forward slashes so you need to convert / to \\ as I showed here.

#!perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;
use Cwd;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;      

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

my $dir = getcwd();

my $excelfile = 'Parameters.xlsx';
my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($dir."\\".$excelfile)
  or die Win32::OLE->LastError(); 
  
# do work

$dir =~ s!/!\\!g;
$Book->SaveAs($dir."\\".'updated_'.$excelfile);   
$Book->Close;
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poj

This is the same problem as you have when opening a file.

Always use absolute path names when talking to Excel.

I tried to add updated_ in front of sheet path below but it does not allow . $Book->SaveAs('updated_'.$dir."\\".$excelfile);