Re: create checkbox in word document

As I have mentioned in the past the Macro function is your friend.
vb code
Selection.InlineShapes.AddOLEControl ClassType:="Forms.CheckBox.1"

Just convert this to perl. It may take a little trial and error, but you should be able to do it fairly quickly.

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Re: Re: create checkbox in word document by WhiteBird (Hermit) on May 20, 2003 at 13:24 UTC
Zero_Flop is right about the macros. If, however, you can't convert it you can always (as a possible last resort) create the macro in Word and then run it with a Perl command. Create and name the macro in word Declare it at the top of your code `package MACRO-NAME;` When you need the action from the macro, you call it in perl like this: `$Word->Documents->Open("$dir\\$file") or die "Can't open ", Win32::OLE +->LastError()); $Word->Run("MACRO-NAME");` [download] This has saved me some time on some hurry-up projects where I didn't have success converting the VBA directly to Perl.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: create checkbox in word document by Anonymous Monk on Sep 16, 2014 at 10:24 UTC
Selection.InlineShapes.AddOLEControl ClassType:="Forms.CheckBox.1	[reply]