Ok might as well cut to the chase. This is what I'm trying to do specifically. I want to export an embedded ole to a scrap file. I can copy the ole to the clipboard programmatically in the program which the ole is embedded in. Then if I right click the windows desktop and select paste the ole is made into a scrap file on the desktop. Now I want to be able to do this programmatically as well in perl. Preferably to a directory.