Hi gwhite

The script below works for me.
If you are tempted by VB/Word programming :-(, this site offers some guidance. 
#!perl -w

use strict;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
#my $wd = Win32::OLE::Const->Load("Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library"
+);
my $wd = Win32::OLE::Const->Load("Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library");

my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
#$Word->{'Visible'} = 1;         # if you want to see what's going on
my $doc = $Word->Documents->Open("C:\\temp\\test.doc")
    || die("Unable to open document ", Win32::OLE->LastError());

my $sel = $Word->Selection;
$sel->WholeStory;
my $pages = $sel->Information($wd->{'wdNumberOfPagesInDocument'}) || d
+ie("Unable to open property ", Win32::OLE->LastError());
print "The number of pages in test.doc are: $pages\n";

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HTH
Rudif

In reply to Re: Win32::OLE + word page count by Rudif
in thread Win32::OLE + word page count by gwhite

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