Hi Monks

I am having trouble with OLE and inserting pictures into a word document. The problem lies in getting a picture into the document after a page break. The pictures insert easily onto the first page but I cannot get them onto the second page - probably due to my lack of knowledge in Object programming. I have also used code I have found on the web and do not claim to be the author of most of it ;-)

here is my code:

use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
use Win32::OLE::Variant;

my $cur_style    = 'a';
my $cur_bookmark = 'a';

my $word = CreateObject Win32::OLE 'Word.Application' or die $!;
$word->{'Visible'} = 1;

my $document = $word->Documents->Add;

my $selection = $word->Selection;

text     ($document, "Page 1");
enter    ($document);
my $picture = insert_picture($document, 'C:\dee-dwive\pic1.jpg', 0, 1,
+ 0, 250);
enter    ($document);
$selection ->InsertBreak(wdPageBreak);
enter    ($document);
text     ($document, "Page 2");
enter    ($document);
$picture = insert_picture($document, 'C:\dee-dwive\pic2.jpg', 0, 1, 0,
+ 250);
enter    ($document);

save_doc_as($document, 'C:\dee-dwive\picture.doc');

#close_doc($document);
#$word->Quit;

sub text {
  my $document = shift;
  my $text      = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> TypeText($text);
}

sub enter {
  my $document = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> TypeParagraph;
}

    
sub insert_picture {
  my $document = shift;
  my $file     = shift;
  my $left     = shift;
  my $top      = shift;
  my $width    = shift;
  my $height   = shift;

  my $picture = 
    $document-> Shapes -> AddPicture (
      $file, 
      $left, $top, $width, $height, 
      
    );

  return $picture;
}



sub insert_page_break {
  my $document  = shift;
  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->{Range} -> InsertBreak(wdPageBre
+ak);
}
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Thanks for your helpful advice in advance

2006-05-05 Retitled by GrandFather, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'OLE Problem'

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