I see, the (in)famous legacy problem. Say no more, we suffer from similar problems.

May I suggest another solution? Rather than starting the Perl program to start Excel from the server, have the Perl program started regularly from a cron-like program at regular intervals. No need to bother the server and if the intervals are small enough, the various users should not have to wait too long before the files show up in the right directories.

That being said, I should start thinking of transferring all these VBA-programs to Perl as it seems something for which Perl is really made. It is still time to apply for a budget for such project for next year!

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

In reply to Re^3: win32::ole runs under cmd line but not cgi by CountZero
in thread win32::ole runs under cmd line but not cgi by dparadies

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