Wise ones,
I am trying to write a very simple perl script using win32::ole. The purpose of this script is to open many Mathcad format files, and save them in an older version.

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for each file in file list {
open file in mathcad;
save as other version;
close file in mathcad;
}

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i havent got very far, but have the following; 

use Win32::OLE;
my $mcd = Win32::OLE->new('Mathcad.Application');
$mcd->{'Visible'} = 1;
my $file_full_name = Win32::GetFullPathName($ARGV[0]);
my $sht = $mcd->{'Worksheets'}->Open($file_full_name);
$mcd->SaveAs($full_file_name, [mcMcad2001i 11]); # this is a guess!
$mcd->Close();

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obviously this doesnt work, and falls over with an undefined value on the Open line.

any ideas?

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