To make a long and ugly story short if 
Win32::OLE->MessageLoop

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Is executing perl’s alarm function does not work. I’ve tested it very thoroughly and am VERY sure that alarm does not trigger it’s event routine while MessageLoop has control. While it is, at least for my purposes, unfortunate, I’m not sure it is a bug.

I have a technique that uses Win32::OLE->SpinMessageLoop that works to a point. Unfortunately, it changes the timing of the OLE object’s events. Since for my purposes I care about the timing, it is not a trackable solution.

That said, does anyone know of some sort of work around? Perhaps a technique to timeout the Win32::OLE->MessageLoop routine? Perhaps a way to cause timed execution of a perl event routine on a timer that is consistent with Win32::OLE->MessageLoop (say an OLE timer)?

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