Hello there,
I am a bit new to Perl and set out to write my first Perl code using the Win32::OLE. I RTFM and went through the forums here. Seeing as I want to get off on the right foot to save myself pain later I noticed that code that I found lying on the floor of the Internet worked but some other code I found here (http://perlmonks.thepen.com/198045.html) that resembled the MSDN way (within this MSDN link) did not. The method in question is the "typetext" way of inserting text.
Here is my code: 
use strict;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft word';

my $word = Win32::OLE->new('word.Application', '');
$word->{'Visible'} = 1;   
my $wordtarget = $word->Documents->add()
   || die("Unable to open document ", Win32::OLE->LastError());

my $range = $wordtarget->{Content};
$range->InsertAfter("InsertAfter method");
$wordtarget->TypeText("typetext method"); 
$range->TypeText("typetext method");

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The resulting word document looks like this:
Insert After method

All other text is missing. The "typetext" way does not
work with my code (I did try to "selection() my document), but does with the code I found here and to be what microsoft is pushing.
I am using ActiveState Perl 5.6 and not the CSPAN.
Can anyone show and then push me down the right fork in
this road? Many thanks.

brownsofa

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In reply to win32::ole and word by brownsofa

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