I have been trying to re-write some VB OLE code into Perl but have some problems with function calls that use anobject variable. That variable will be set by the FindPart method in my example. I don't know how to create the "out" variables in Perl. Particular the line : if $Library->FindPart($placement->PlacementPart->Part->Name, $Part) is causing problems. Any ideas ?

VB CODE 

Dim Part, FeederType
If Library.FindPart (Recipe.Placements(0).PlacementPart.Part.Name, Par
+t) Then
   FeederType = Part.Value ("FEEDERWIDTH", "Default value goes here")
   MsgBox "Feeder type: " & FeederType
End If

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Perl CODE 

my ($Part, $FeederType);
for my $placement (in $Recipe->Placements)
{
    if $Library->FindPart($placement->PlacementPart->Part->Name, $Part
+)
    {
         $FeederType = $Part->Value("FEEDERWIDTH", ""); 
    }
}

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In reply to Trying to re-write some VB-OLE into PERL-OLE by juo

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