Howdy! I want to print out an Excel spreadsheet using Win32::OLE. I want to set the printout to print (a) the entire workbook and (b) select a non-default printer. I need to know the names of the hash elements to the ActiveSheet.PrintOut() function to tell it to select a specific printer, and to 'print entire workbook'. Any Clues are VERY welcome!

So far, I have the following code: 

    use Win32::OLE qw(in);
    use Win32::OLE::Const;
    my $Class = "Excel.Application";
    my $File  = "c:\\web\\apache\\cgi-bin\\testfile1.xls";
    my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject( $Class );
    if (!($Excel))
    {
        $Excel = new Win32::OLE($Class, \&QuitApp ) ||
                 die "Could not cretate an OLE '$Class' object";
    }
    $Excel->{Visible} = 1;
    my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open( $File ); # open the file
    my $count = $Book->Worksheets()->{Count};
    print("There's $count worksheets in $File.\n\n");
    $Book->ActiveSheet->Activate();
    my @thing = $Excel->ActiveSheet->PrintOut(
        {
            PrintToFile => 1,
            PrToFileName => "c:\\temp\\ps_output\\test1.file",
            Copies      => 1
        });
    $Book->{Parent}->Quit();

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PLEASE if you know where to find the clues to solve this Microsoft-induced trauma, please post them?

cordially, -- Kevin Rice

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In reply to Win32::OLE Excel PrintOut() hash params??? by justanyone

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