Re: Need help with perl only parsing of M$ word file

I don't know how well it works... But take a look at the ancient Laola project, that eventually grew into OLE::Storage. A simplified derival off this module, OLE::Storage_Lite, forms the basis of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, so it's proven its heritage, basically.

BTW you're correct in that Win32::OLE only works in collaboration with the MS-Office programs, and only on Win32.

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Re: Re: Need help with perl only parsing of M$ word file by Courage (Parson) on Sep 05, 2003 at 06:35 UTC
`Win32::OLE` works not only with MS-Office programs, but with any OLE program that supports IDispatch. Otherwise whole bunch of my utilities program will never work. I happen to manage Adobe Acrobat, Trados and many other programs using `Win32::OLE` . Courage, the Cowardly Dog	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Need help with perl only parsing of M$ word file by grantm (Parson) on Sep 05, 2003 at 07:10 UTC
I think the point bart was making was that Win32::OLE won't help you read a MSWord document if you don't have Word installed.	[reply]