Cleaned up the code even more: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Win32::OLE::Const;
Win32::OLE->Option( Warn => 2 );

use File::Slurp;
use XML::TreeBuilder;

my $rand             = rand 999999999;
my $app_name         = "Test $rand";

# http://www.devx.com/xml/Article/30482/1763/page/2
# only relevant if you develop software for QuickBooks that you intend
+ to sell to other parties.
my $app_id = ''; 
my $qb_company_file  = "";
my $request_xml_file = "vendor_query.xml";

main();

sub main {
    my $qbxmlrp_const = Win32::OLE::Const->Load("QBXMLRP2 1.0 Type Lib
+rary");

    my $request_processor =
      Win32::OLE->new( "QBXMLRP2.RequestProcessor",
        sub { $_[0]->CloseConnection(); } )
      or die "oops\n";

    $request_processor->OpenConnection2( $app_id, $app_name,
        $qbxmlrp_const->{"localQBD"} );

    my $ticket =
      $request_processor->BeginSession( $qb_company_file,
        $qbxmlrp_const->{"qbFileOpenDoNotCare"} );

    my $request_xml_string = File::Slurp::read_file($request_xml_file)
+;
    my $response_xml_string =
      $request_processor->ProcessRequest( $ticket, $request_xml_string
+ );

    warn $response_xml_string;

}

# # Read the contents of a file into a string.
# # Accepts filename as a parameter and returns the file contents.
# sub read_file($) {
#     my $filename = shift;
#     my $file_data;
#     local ($/) = undef;
#     my $file_handle = IO::File->new();
#     $file_handle->open($filename);
#     $file_data = <$file_handle>;
#     $file_handle->close();
#     return $file_data;
# }

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The mantra of every experienced web application developer is the same: thou shalt separate business logic from display. Ironically, almost all template engines allow violation of this separation principle, which is the very impetus for HTML template engine development.

-- Terence Parr, "Enforcing Strict Model View Separation in Template Engines"

In reply to Re: Control Windows Quickbooks with Win32::OLE by metaperl
in thread Control Windows Quickbooks with Win32::OLE by metaperl

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