Re^5: Perl for OLE & OCX

You say you can use OLE with Word and Excel, so I'm assuming you have those Apps. Why not try to host the OCX control in VBA in one of those apps? (Been awhile since I worried about this sort of thing and I may have forgotten the obvious "that won't work, silly!") Still, it's worth trying before spending money.

However, I recommend going to a VB forum and asking the questions this path will lead to.

--Solo --
You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake; well, this could be it, sweetheart.

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Re^6: Perl for OLE & OCX by wa4otj (Beadle) on Jun 16, 2004 at 17:56 UTC
I have those apps, but not on the machine where this code needs to run. This is a dedicated application on a dedicated machine, which has nothing on it not directly used by it. As one might possibly infer from the name "HAL" it's an "embedded" automation application. Still, I suppose I could install word on the machine if it would make my perl scripts run. But not exactly an elegant solution, and at this stage I don't think I want to waste much more effort on figuring out how to perform such rube goldberg programming. Unless something presents itself quickly, I fear I'm about to abandon the project in frustration. Nathan	[reply]

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Re^6: Perl for OLE & OCX
by wa4otj (Beadle) on Jun 16, 2004 at 17:56 UTC

Still, I suppose I could install word on the machine if it would make my perl scripts run. But not exactly an elegant solution, and at this stage I don't think I want to waste much more effort on figuring out how to perform such rube goldberg programming.

Unless something presents itself quickly, I fear I'm about to abandon the project in frustration.

Nathan

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