Hello,

I am looking for some help from anyone expereienced with Win32::OLE

I have been trying to automate the task of converting a .doc file to postscript by using Perl and Win32::OLE to drive MS-Word.
I have learned how to print a file and how to call up the PrintToFile dialog box by using Win32::OLE.
My problem is that when I set "PrToFileName" to automate the process of printing to a file, nothing happens.
Here is my test code 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';

#Where the temp file sent from the client is
my $file = 'c:\temp\final.doc';

#Open MS Word
my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');


$Word->{'Visible'} = 1;         # if you want to see what's going on

#Open the file
$Word->Documents->Open($file);


$Word->ActiveDocument->PrintOut({
    Background => 0,
    Append     => 0,
    Range      => wdPrintAllDocument,
    Item       => wdPrintDocumentContent,
    Copies     => 1,
    PageType   => wdPrintAllPages,
    PrintToFile => 1,
    PrToFileName => "c:\temp\out.ps"
});

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If I remove the "PrToFileName", I get the "Print To File" dialog box.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get this to work correctly?
Thanks,
Kirk

In reply to Using Win32::OLE Printing to a file from MS-Word by kirk_patton

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