How do I find out what methods are available in a library?

dizzyd719 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I was interested in the "win32::OLE" library and i see examples everywhere however I cannot find the library. I tried searchign the source code on cpan however it doesn't include what i'm looking for. all over the internet i see

my $word = CreateObject Win32::OLE 'Word.Application' or die $!;
my $document = $word->Documents->Open($file);
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but where do I see "documents" methods?

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Re: How do I find out what methods are available in a library? by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 26, 2017 at 20:13 UTC
The documentation for the methods is specific to each application and what methods it exports. Win32::OLE only sends the commands you write to the application. For Microsoft Office, you best turn to the Microsoft Office Object Modelt documentation, but see also Using Win32::OLE and Excel - Tips and Tricks.	[reply]
Re: How do I find out what methods are available in a library? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 27, 2017 at 13:50 UTC
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding™) is a proprietary Microsoft technology for exposing system services and installed applications in the form of objects which can either be directly-called or embedded (think HTML `iframe` ...). The technology includes techniques for discovering what objects are available on a particular system. Perl only provides the capability to reach the OLE system interface.	[reply]