Good afternoon monks,

I have a question concerning the abilities of the Win32::OLE module. I would like to know if I could write code that would open something like mathcad or excel and keep it open after the code terminates?

The best I could come up with is below but mathcad terminates upon the ending of the code when I would like to to just remain open: 

#Call MathCad
    Win32::OLE->Option(Warn => 2);

    #use existing instance if mathcad is already running
    eval {$MC = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('MathCad.Application')};
    die "MathCad not installed" if $@;
    unless (defined $MC)
    {
        $MC = Win32::OLE->new('MathCad.Application', sub{$_[0]->Quit;}
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        or die "Unable to start MathCad";
        $MC -> {Visible} = 1;
    }

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Thak you for any help you are able to offer, Forgedascendant

In reply to Can Win32::OLE be used to perminatly open a object such as mathcad? by forgedascendant

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