I was using 
use Win32::OLE;
my $SS= new Win32::OLE:: "SourceSafe";

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and after a while needed a symbolic constant, so I reached for Win32::OLE::Const. Nothing happened, and I got errors about barewords and strict. So I figured that Const doesn't get along with strict, not declaring the constants in a way that strict knows about.

So I switched to the ->Load form. Now I get an error, "no such type library".

Well, it turns out that OLE wants the ProgID, and OLE::Const wants a typelib name, which are two different names! I had to load "Microsoft SourceSafe", not "SourceSafe" (or "*SourceSafe" would have worked).

First, it's annoying that I need two different names. The automation stuff used by Win32::OLE accesses information; isn't the constant definitions in there too?

Second, why didn't I get the "not found" error with the direct use form? That's inconsistant with the Load form, and an easy way to have mistakes go unnoticed.

—John

In reply to Win32::OLE constants from typelib by John M. Dlugosz

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