in reply to Open a file the way Ctrl+O works

I think you are going to have to explain what "see the file and then work in it" means, after all this could be as simple as: 

my $editor = $ENV{EDITOR} || '/usr/bin/vi';

system($editor, shift);

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/J\

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Re^2: Open a file the way Ctrl+O works
by eyidearie (Novice) on Aug 10, 2005 at 18:03 UTC
    I need to open an excel file which contains a button to execute the second part of the project. I am working on a Windows OS. Thanks.
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      I guess you are going to want to use Win32::OLE - you can find hundreds of articles here on the subject.

      /J\

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        I read the documentation for WIN::32::OLE... or rather, tried to read it. It contains a lot of terms that I don't get. WHat does it do, in a sentence? And how does it help what I need to do?
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