print Dumper( $phidget->DisplayString->[1] );

Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x80020003: "Member not found"
    in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "DisplayString" at C:/Perl/lib/Data/Dumper.p
+m line 527

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And if I try to set the value, it passes through just fine, but it still doesnt actually do anything Doing a Dumper on the entire $phidget object shows all the readable entries, but according to the docs, you can set but not read DisplayString. 
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'DeviceType' => 'Phidget TextLCD',
                 'SerialNumber' => <snip>,
                 'Name' => 'PhidgetTextLCD',
                 'Label' => '',
                 'IsAttached' => 1,
                 'DeviceVersion' => 123,
                 'LibraryVersion' => 'Phidget21 - Version 2.1.6 - Buil
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Phidget COM Library 2.1.6 - Built Aug  6 2009 16:12:18',
                 'port' => 0,
                 'Address' => '',
                 'ServerID' => '',
                 'IsAttachedToServer' => 0,
                 'RowCount' => 2,
                 'ColumnCount' => 20,
                 'Backlight' => 1,
                 'CursorOn' => 0,
                 'CursorBlink' => 0,
                 'Contrast' => 0
               }, 'Win32::OLE' );

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In reply to Re^2: Win32::OLE / Perl / Phidget Display code by SteveL
in thread Win32::OLE / Perl / Phidget Display code by SteveL

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