i want to get the text in a doc file which located at Tables(1) Columns(1) and Row(1), after i ran error displayed as following
Win32::OLE(0.1403) error 0x80020003: "" in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "Text" at word1.pl line 10
here is my scrip:
use Win32::OLE; # Object Linking and Embed use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word'; # Defines constants word k use Win32::Process ; # Launch a Windows program $Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # Die on Errors my $Word = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Word.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit'); $Word->{'Visible'} = 1; my $infile = <d:\\word\\a.doc>; my $Doc = $Word->Documents->Open($infile); my $text = $Word->Selection->Tables(1)->Columns(1)-Row(1)->{Text}; print "printing the text i need\n"; print $text; print Win32::OLE->LastError();
i could not work out this problem, please help.

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