I'm trying to have a perl app print an access report based on a set of queries it just ran. The result set of all those queries is in a table. I just need to change the standardized report's recordsource to be the table I just created. I can make it print the report, so I know its opening correctly and creating the ole object correctly. Here's what I've tried so far. My error is:

Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at C:\test_report_print.pl line 29.

If I try and remove the curly braces on the RecordSource property I get this error

Can't call method "RecordSource" on an undefined value at C:\test_report_print.pl line 29.

Any ideas at all? below is my code 
sub printReport
{
    my ($location) = @_;
    
    my $path = "XXX";

    #get new object
    my $access = Win32::OLE->new('Access.Application') or die "$!";
    
    #open the database
    $access->OpenCurrentDatabase($path);
    
        #change the record source to the new table
        $access->{Reports}->Item(1)->{RecordSource} = $location;
    
    #Print the report
    $access->DoCmd->OpenReport("XXX");

    
}

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Thanks in advance for any help.

In reply to Changing a MS-Access report's RecordSource property by Grygonos

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