Win32::OLE-question

reneeb has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi fellow monks,

I want to start the Windows Media Player via Win32::OLE. But how do I know wich "Application" I have to start?

For Excel and Outlook it is very simple:

$ex = Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application') or die "oops\n";
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Re: Win32::OLE-question by jdporter (Paladin) on Oct 24, 2005 at 04:00 UTC
From what I can tell, the thing to instantiate is `'WMPlayer.OCX.7'` (or `.9`, depending on which you have). That makes an object of type `IWMPPlayer4`. But I haven't yet found any good documentation of its properties and methods. We're building the house of the future together.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Win32::OLE-question by planetscape (Chancellor) on Oct 24, 2005 at 07:28 UTC
You may wish to look at Re: Win32:: OLE MS Word Table, where I mention a very nice utility called "OLE Browser" or "Type Library Browser". Under WinXP SP2, I can use this utility to get information about the Windows Media Player's Object Model, which is the logical place to start if you want to automate Windows Media Player. :-) There may well be other things of interest in that entire thread... HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re: Win32::OLE-question by Anonymous Monk on Oct 24, 2005 at 07:01 UTC
But how do I know wich "Application" I have to start? OLE is a microsoft product. Check on MSDN	[reply]