I know how to use Win32::OLE to open and control IE, Excel, and other similar Windows Apps on a local or remote machine. However, I need to open a DOS window (cmd.exe) on a remote machine, use it to issue commands (dir, cd, ipconfig, etc...) and read the resulting output. I know I can do it without visibility with telnet, but I need the DOS window to be visible on the remote machine. The following works for IE, but not for cmd: 
use Win32::OLE;

my $ie = Win32::OLE->new('InternetExplorer.application') or die "oops\
+n";
$ie->{visible} = 1;
$ie->Navigate("http://www.cpan.org");

my $dos = Win32::OLE->new('Cmd.application') or die "oops\n";
$dos->{visible} = 1;

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I get this error:
Win32::OLE(0.1601) error 0x800401f3: "Invalid clas string" at C:\scrip
+ts\dos.pl line 14
        eval {...} called at C:\dos.pl line 14
oops

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If it can't be done with Win32::OLE, is there another module that will let me do this?

Thanks!


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Apprentice

In reply to How can I open and use a DOS window on another computer? by apprentice

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