hi all,

I have a perl script that exports an excel chart to a png file. This works fine when I run it through prompt. but it doesn't work If I call it from asp. perl script is 
use Win32::OLE qw(in with);

use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';

use Win32::OLE::Variant;

use Win32::OLE::NLS qw(:LOCALE :DATE);

use Win32::OLE;

use Win32::OLE::Const;

$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # die on errors...


my $filter = 'PNG'; # can be GIF, JPG, JPEG or PNG  

$filename = "C:\\graph1.xls";

my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')

        || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); # use the Exc
+el application if it's open, otherwise open new

        my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open( $filename ); # open the fi
+le

        foreach my $Sheet (in $Book->Sheets) { # loop through all shee
+ts

        foreach my $ChartObj (in $Sheet->ChartObjects) { # loop throug
+h all chartobjects in the sheet

        #$pngsave = join("",split(/\s+/,$graphtitle));

        $dirpath = "c:\\Tt";

        mkdir ("$dirpath", 0777); 

        my $savename = "$dirpath\\test" . ".$filter";  #check out the 
+variable name
                

        # Write image to PNG file

        $ChartObj->Chart->Export({

        FileName => $savename,                            #check out t
+he variable name

        FilterName => $filter,

        Interactive => 0});       

        }

        }

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ASP code is 
<html>
    <body>

       <form action = "disp.asp" method = post>
           Enter a Value

           <input type = "text" name = "fname" size = 20>

           <input type = "submit" value = "click">

       </from>


    <%
       dim nm

       nm = request.form("fname")

       if nm <> "" then

              response.write("<center> <br> hi "& nm &"</center>" )
              response.write("<center> <br> have a good start </center
+>")

                  set shell = Createobject("wscript.shell")

            shell.run "cmd.exe /c  C:\\Perl\\bin\\perl " & nm, 1, 1


            set shell = nothing

       end if
    %>

    </body>
</html>

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This works in some systems & doesn't in some. Its not giving any error.

Do I need to register any activex dll for this? If so what all dll's I need to register?

Thanks in advance

Considered by jdporter - Retitle: "ASP -> Shell -> Perl -> Excel doesn't seem to work"
Unconsidered by castaway - Keep/Edit/Delete: 9/16/0 - Looks fine to me

In reply to Perl, Win32::OLE, ASP by Nalina

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