Hello,

I took a code fragment to experiment with opening a Word File from Perl.

The below, snagged from the web, returns the message, "Main::$doc only used once" which may be something.

WINWORD.EXE is being started as I can see it in the task manager.

Any tips much appreciated - do I need to do something else to actually view the instance. I believe I read that visible is the default.

MorayJ

my $word = Win32::OLE->new( 'Word.Application' );

$doc = $word->Documents->Open( { FileName => $document_path,
                                , ReadOnly => 1
                                } );

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In reply to Win32::OLE not opening a window for me by Anonymous Monk

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