in reply to Win32::OLE, TPJ#10, linux

SOAP::Lite is definitely the way to go, maybe create a wrapper module, MyMod, around your Win32::OLE stuff or maybe use Win32::OLE directly then write a simple service script such as: -
use SOAP::Transport::HTTP; my $server = SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Daemon ->new(LocalAddr => '192.168.0.1', LocalPort => 666) ->objects_by_reference('MyMod') ->dispatch_with( {'http://192.168.0.1/MyMod' => 'MyMod'}, ); $server->handle;
the "objects_by_reference" part is very important since Win32::OLE objects are quite complicated, you must also use SOAPs HTTP Transport otherwise "objects_by_reference" won't work. then write your client script like: -
use SOAP::Lite # trace => [ all, -transport ], dispatch_from => 'MyMod', uri => 'http://192.168.0.1/MyMod', proxy => ['http://192.168.0.1:666', timeout => 6000] ;
this would be equivalent to "use MyMod" in your client.