I'm in a bit of a hurry, but I'll UPDATE this when I get home. Until then, here's some food for thought:

$Doc->Activate(); $Doc->SaveAs ('F:\\dev\\experiment\\ScanWord\\foobar.doc');

You need to have an "Active Document" for it to work. You might also have to instantiate an object pointing at word specifically to use
$Word->ActiveDocument->SaveAs()

use Win32::OLE qw(in with); use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word'; $Win32::OLE::Warn = 2; # Throw Errors, I'll catch them my $Word = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Word.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit'); my $Doc = Win32::OLE->GetObject($wrdfile) || die &CheckError(); #### or #### my $Doc = $Word->Documents->Open($wrdfile) || die &CheckError();
C-.

In reply to Re: Win32::OLE problem with Destructing by cacharbe
in thread Win32::OLE problem with Destructing by John M. Dlugosz

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