I've had a request to create a program that reviews a DB of values that can be converted into URL requests - then proceed to the URL and print the first page of the HTML document (as presented, not with markup). I've gotten the code to print normally - but I don't want to be singly responsible for razing the rain forest just to get the first page of the website (not to mention the $$$ cost of that waste...). A sample of the code is below: 
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;

use Win32::OLE qw( EVENTS with in );
use Win32::OLE::Variant;
use Win32::OLE::Enum;

######################################################################
+##########
# Enumerated IE Values
######################################################################
+##########
use constant OLECMDID_PRINT => 6;
use constant OLECMDID_SAVE => 3;
use constant OLECMDID_SAVEAS => 4;
use constant OLECMDID_OPEN => 1;

use constant OLECMDEXECOPT_DEFAULT => 0;
use constant OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER => 1;
use constant OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER => 2;

######################################################################
+##########
# Option Variable Declaration
######################################################################
+##########
my %args;

######################################################################
+##########
# Process Command Line Options
######################################################################
+##########
GetOptions( \%args,
            "help!" => sub { f_usage() }, );

######################################################################
+##########
# Global Variable Declaration and Setting
######################################################################
+##########
my $Application = "InternetExplorer.Application";

$| = 1;

######################################################################
+##########
# Function Declaration
######################################################################
+##########
sub f_usage {
   print "Usage: " . __FILE__ . "\n";
   exit 0;
}

######################################################################
+##########
# Main Process
######################################################################
+##########
my $IE = Win32::OLE->new( $Application )
   || die "$0: Could not start: $Application - $@, $!\n";

$IE->{Visible} = 1;

while ( <DATA> ) {
   chomp;

   $IE->Navigate( $_ );

   while ( $IE->Busy() ) {
      sleep 2;
   }

   $IE->ExecWB( OLECMDID_PRINT, OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER );
   sleep 5;

   while ( $IE->Busy() ) {
      sleep 2;
   }
}

$IE->Quit();

exit;

__DATA__
my.yahoo.com

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This is the version that prints all pages (rainforest not-so-friendly). Again - I want to know how to default this to just 1 page. Any and all help appreciated. -Michael

In reply to Controlling IE Printing from a Win32::OLE object by berntsmr

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