Re: Another Win32::OLE problem

Foggy, not sure what your problem is. I would lose focus on outlook as mentioned above. I would also check that version of Outlooks VBA help for a hint in any changes in implementation. You should also get familiar with the perl debugger or since you are on windows checkout "Open Perl IDE" While I prefer vim, opIDE has a nice gui for debugging.

Also, you should have a die or warn at the end of: $app = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Outlook.Application');.

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Only Outlook isn't working fine... by Foggy Bottoms (Monk) on Jun 26, 2003 at 07:33 UTC
Thanks guys for your help, Actually, it seems a bit more complicated than just focus/blur. As a matter of fact, my perl program works fine with just about everything except Outlook SR1 9.0.0.3821. The program does even detect that Outlook is open by using GUI properties (Outlook's class name : rctrl_renwnd32). For instance, the following bit of code works fine : `return Win32::GUI::GetClassName(Win32::GUI::GetForegroundWindow());` So far the only property that doesn't seem to work is `$app = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Outlook.Application');` Besides, Zero Flop, thanks for reminding me about the die or warn - but I don't need it since I analyse the return value for $app - if it's undef then it's not open.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Only Outlook isn't working fine...
by Foggy Bottoms (Monk) on Jun 26, 2003 at 07:33 UTC

return Win32::GUI::GetClassName(Win32::GUI::GetForegroundWindow());

$app = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Outlook.Application');

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