I am having some trouble closing a spreadsheet.
The included Perl opens a spreadsheet, reads the first two cells and then tries to close it.
As the copy of the contents of the MSDOS screens shows, the variable to be set when the workbook is
closed is not set but no error is reported. Can someone explain why this is and how to get a ‘1’ for the
result of closing the workbook?
MSDOS screen content
…..\programs>test-excel-close-move.pz
excel_open_array workbook <Win32::OLE=HASH(0x19ddc94)> excel <Win32::OLE=HASH(0x19ddb44)> res <>
open_close open_res <1>
open_close var 00 <Cell A1> 01 <Cell B1>
open_close close_res <> for <Win32::OLE=HASH(0x19ddc94)> error number <0> message <The operation completed successfully.>
use strict "vars";
use Win32;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';
sub excel_open_array($$$$$$) {
my ($hist_full, $ref_returned_wkbk, $ref_cell_array, $ref_open_res, $w
+ksh_no, $excel_data_range) = @_;
my ($excel, $worksheet, $excel_res, $ew_message, $workbook_res);
    eval { $excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject( 'Excel.Application' )
+ };
    if( $@ ) {
        print "[excel_open_array] Excel Installation Failure";
        $$ref_open_res = 0;
        return();
    } else {
        $excel = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit') or ($exc
+el_res = 0, $ew_message = "Could not create excel object");
        $$ref_returned_wkbk = $excel->Workbooks->Open($hist_full)  or 
+($workbook_res = 0, $ew_message = "Could not open excel workbook for 
+<$hist_full>");
        print "[excel_open_array] workbook <$$ref_returned_wkbk> excel
+ <$excel> res <$workbook_res>\n";
        $worksheet = $$ref_returned_wkbk->Worksheets($wksh_no);
        $$ref_cell_array = $worksheet->range($excel_data_range)->{'val
+ue'};
        $$ref_open_res = 1;
    }
}
sub open_close ($) {
my ($hist_full) = @_;
my ($returned_wkbk, $cell_array, $open_res, $close_res, $wksh_no, $exc
+el_data_range);
my ($en_num, $en_mes, $var00, $var01);
$wksh_no = 1;
$excel_data_range = "A1:Z100";
excel_open_array($hist_full, \$returned_wkbk, \$cell_array, \$open_res
+, $wksh_no, $excel_data_range);
# check on the open result
print "[open_close] open_res <$open_res>\n";
# read the first two cells
$var00 = $cell_array->[0][0];
$var01 = $cell_array->[0][1];
print "[open_close] var 00 <$var00> 01 <$var01>\n";
# close workbook
$close_res = $returned_wkbk->close();
$en_num = Win32::GetLastError();
$en_mes = Win32::FormatMessage($en_num);
print "[open_close] close_res <$close_res> for <$returned_wkbk> error 
+number <$en_num> message <$en_mes>\n";
}
#main
my $hist_full = "C:\\test-spreadsheet.xls";
open_close ($hist_full);

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