I would like to use a OLE/COM control in a Perl app.

Unfortunately, all the docs I can find show how to launch an Application (like Outlook or Excel) but don't suggest a way to use a control outside of one of those applications.

I suppose I could try creating a blank user form in Excel and attaching the desired control to the form, then use the Win32::OLE module to launch Excel and run the form; but, I don't like the idea of launching Excel just to get to a control, when I don't need Excel to do anything else.

Any ideas?

(Yes, I know that this concept guarantees non-portable code, and I have to handle what happens if the componenet isn't installed on someone else's machine - or a different version is installed, etc.)

In reply to OLE/COM Controls by ChrisS

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