Anything's possible with a little help from OLE (and an hour to kill reading Excel docs;-) 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const "Microsoft Excel";
use Win32::OLE::Const "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensi
+bility";

my $xls = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application');
$xls->{Visible} = -1;
my $wb = $xls->Workbooks->Add();
my $mod = $wb->VBProject->VBComponents->Add(vbextFileTypeModule);
$mod->CodeModule->AddFromString ( <<MODTEXT);
Sub Message
    dim s as string
    s = "Hello, World"
    MsgBox s
End Sub
MODTEXT

my $sheet = $xls->Sheets('Sheet1');
my $button = $sheet->Buttons->Add(71.25, 18.75, 88.5, 57);
$button->{OnAction} = 'Message';

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In reply to Re: Write an Excel Macro in Perl by jsprat
in thread Write an Excel Macro in Perl by Basilides

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