The title and code fragment sum it up pretty well. Using the code below I run into the problem that the script is trying to close Word while the document is still being sent to the printer.

The quick fix for testing was to just throw in a 'sleep 5' after the PrintOut command, obviously not the best solution. Is anyone familiar with a way to actually check if the file has finished being sent to the printer? I've checked a bunch of nodes and OLE docs but appear to be missing the fix...

my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$Word->{'Visible'} = 1;

$Word->Documents->Add;
# ... Excel Chart, as GIF, inserted ...
$Word->ActiveDocument->PrintOut;
# sleep( 5 );
$Word->ActiveDocument->{Saved} = 1;

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In reply to Win32::OLE - Wait until print job is queued? by Sang

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