I'm building a script to generate a powerpoint document
based on a database query and am having trouble creating
a filled rectangle shape. Seems like the correct way is
(based on a ppt macro that does it): 
$Slide->Shapes->AddShape({msoShapeRectangle,Left=>72,Top=>72,Width=>25
+2,Height=>48});

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but I get the error message: 
Win32::OLE(0.1601) error 0x80020006: "Unknown name"
    "msoShapeRectangle", "48", "72" and "252" in Get

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Any ideas ?
Thanks in advance.

edited: Fri Oct 24 18:03:05 2003 by jeffa - removed unclosed pre section, replaced with code tags

In reply to Win32::OLE PowerPoint Shapes by tewelch

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