I'm working on an application that uses OLE automation. I need to execute an OLE message loop

    Win32::OLE->MessageLoop();
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to allow some events to occur. Durring the events, my perl event routine is being called OK and eventually determines that it is likely that the OLE object has done it's job. Unfortunately, that may not be true as there may be a few more OLE events yet to come. I'm trying to deal with this possibility by

    alarm 1;
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inside the ole event handler and then stoping the OLE message loop within the alarm handler. But the alarm handler is never getting executed! Can anyone provide any insight? Is there a timer like mechanism that is consistent with the ole message loop? Is there some way I can ask that my OLE event routine be invoded after a delay with a specified data load?

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