Using the Win32 CDO library

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

Can someone explain this error message?

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my $mapiSession = Win32::OLE->new("MAPI.Session");
die "Cannot create session\n" if not defined($mapiSession);
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-error message-

Win32::OLE(0.1601) error 0x80010106: "Cannot change thread mode after 
+it is set" at mail.pl line 16
    eval {...} called at mail.pl line 16
Cannot create session
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I can do this with VB on the same machine so I'm assuming the CDO.dll is ok. I can also do a

  my $xl = Win32::OLE->new("Excel.Application");
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without generating an error so I figure Win32::OLE is ok too. Any insights?

engrbob

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Re: Using the Win32 CDO library by jand (Friar) on Apr 25, 2003 at 19:31 UTC
CDO may want to run in apartment threaded mode. Try adding the following line directly after your `use Win32::OLE` statement: `Win32::OLE->Initialize(Win32::OLE::COINIT_OLEINITIALIZE());` [download] and see if it makes a difference.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Using the Win32 CDO library by engrbob (Initiate) on Apr 25, 2003 at 20:54 UTC
You are awesome! bob	[reply]