I think I can help you with the second question .. a colleague faced and fixed this issue :)
The problem with using getAllTables is that it creates a new object for Win32::IEAutomation::Element ... whereas it should be creating an object for Win32::IEAutomation::Table as Table.pm has the subroutine for rows.
To fix this.. all you need to do is make a small modification to the IEAutomation.pm file ... Open the file and search for the following subroutine :

sub getAllTables{
    my $self = shift;
    my $agent = $self->{agent};
    my @links_array;
    my $links = $agent->Document->all->tags("table");
    for (my $n = 0; $n < $links->length; $n++){
        my $link_object = Win32::IEAutomation::Element->new();
        $link_object->{element} = $links->item($n);
        $link_object->{parent} = $self;
        push (@links_array, $link_object);
    }
    return @links_array;
}
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In the lines :

    
    my $link_object = Win32::IEAutomation::Element->new();
        $link_object->{element} = $links->item($n);
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change 'element' to 'table' It should look like this :

        my $link_object = Win32::IEAutomation::Table->new();
        $link_object->{table} = $links->item($n);
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NOTE: Please pay attention to the case.
save this.. run ur script .. it should work like a charm .. if it doesn't ... send me a msg and i'll mail you the IEAutomation.pm file which is working.
Sparkz