This script runs through an Outlook Express mail folder and pulls out email information for all mail after a given date. The information is then inserted into a table in a MS Word document to build a correspondence list as part of a meeting agenda document.

Much of the code dealing with the location of things is hard wired and will need to be changed in (I hope) obvious ways for your own application.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Mail::Transport::Dbx;
use Win32::OLE;                            # Object Linking and Embedd
+ing
use Win32::OLE::Const ('Microsoft Word');    # Defines constants word 
+knows

my $date = '2009-11-10';
my $lastEmail = '2009-10-08';
my $path = 'C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application 
+Data\Identities\{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}\Microsoft\Outl
+ook Express';
my $docDir = 'C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\MeetingStuff
+\';
my $docName = "$docDir\\LOC ${date} Agenda_new.doc";
my %emailLists = (
    'Bill; Ben' => 'pots',
    'fred@erehwon.com' => 'lost',
);
my $dbx = eval {Mail::Transport::Dbx->new ("$path/Interesting Email.db
+x")};
die $@ if $@;

my @emails;

    for my $i (0 .. $dbx->msgcount - 1) {
        my $msg = $dbx->get($i);
        push @emails, [
            $msg->subject (),
            $msg->sender_name (),
            $msg->date_received ("%Y-%m-%d"),
            $msg->recip_name (),
        ];
    }

@emails = sort {$a->[2] cmp $b->[2]} grep {$_->[2] ge $lastEmail} @ema
+ils;
for my $email (@emails) {
    $email->[1] = $emailLists{$email->[1]} if exists $emailLists{$emai
+l->[1]};
    $email->[3] = $emailLists{$email->[3]} if exists $emailLists{$emai
+l->[3]};
}

my $MSWord;

eval {$MSWord = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject ('Word.Application')};
die "Word not installed" if $@;
unless (defined $MSWord) {
    $MSWord = Win32::OLE->new ('Word.Application', sub {$_[0]->Quit;})
        or die "Oops, cannot start Word";
}

$MSWord->{Visible}       = -1;    # 0 = Don't watch what happens
$MSWord->{DisplayAlerts} = 0;    # 0 = do not prompt

my $doc1 = $MSWord->Documents->Open ("$docDir\\Agenda template.doc");

# Select main view of the document
#   ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
$MSWord->ActiveWindow->ActivePane->View->{SeekView} = wdSeekMainDocume
+nt;

my $mainDoc = $MSWord->Selection (); # Get currently selected object

$mainDoc->Find->ClearFormatting ();
$mainDoc->Find->{Text} = "Correspondence since ";
$mainDoc->Find->Replacement->{Text} = "";
$mainDoc->Find->{Forward} = 1;
$mainDoc->Find->{Wrap} = wdFindStop;
$mainDoc->Find->{Format} = 0;
$mainDoc->Find->{MatchCase} = 0;
$mainDoc->Find->{MatchWholeWord} = 0;
$mainDoc->Find->{MatchWildcards} = 0;
$mainDoc->Find->{MatchSoundsLike} = 0;
$mainDoc->Find->{MatchAllWordForms} = 0;
$mainDoc->Find->Execute ();

$mainDoc->MoveRight ({Unit => wdCharacter, Count => 1});
$mainDoc->TypeText ({Text => $lastEmail});

$mainDoc->MoveStart ({Unit => wdTable, Count => 1});

for my $email (@emails) {
    $mainDoc->TypeText ({Text => $email->[2]});
    $mainDoc->MoveRight ({Unit => wdCell, Count => 1});
    $mainDoc->TypeText ({Text => $email->[1]});
    $mainDoc->MoveRight ({Unit => wdCell, Count => 1});
    $mainDoc->TypeText ({Text => $email->[3]});
    $mainDoc->MoveRight ({Unit => wdCell, Count => 1});
    $mainDoc->TypeText ({Text => $email->[0]});
    $mainDoc->MoveRight ({Unit => wdCell, Count => 1});
}

$MSWord->WordBasic->FileSaveAs ($docName);

print "Found ", scalar @emails, " emails\n";

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