Parsing MSWord File

pankaj_it09 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

When I run the below program the MS Word Program also opens. How to avoid that ?

use strict;

use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Enum;

parseAndScanWord($filename);


sub parseAndScanWord
{
    my ($fileName) = @_;
    
    my $document = Win32::OLE -> GetObject($fileName) or return;
    my $paragraphs = $document->Paragraphs();
    my $enumerate = new Win32::OLE::Enum($paragraphs);
    while(defined(my $paragraph = $enumerate->Next()))
    {
        $text = $paragraph->{Range}->{Text};
    }
}
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Re: Parsing MSWord File by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 02, 2008 at 12:41 UTC
Read through the Microsoft Word Object Model. It's a property of `MSWord.Application`. Just set the `->Visible` property to false.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re: Parsing MSWord File by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Oct 02, 2008 at 13:30 UTC
On a general note, keep the task manager open and look for MS Word processes not being terminated properly if your script is Ctr-C:ed, or exit()-ed without the Win32::OLE object being destroyed. That may also be the reason if you have problems opening/saving Word documents for no reason -- there is another process still alive with the document open. /J	[reply]
Re^2: Parsing MSWord File by pankaj_it09 (Scribe) on Oct 03, 2008 at 07:13 UTC
I did like this but no effect :- `my $document = Win32::OLE -> GetObject($doc,sub {$_[0]->Quit;});`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Parsing MSWord File by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 06, 2008 at 23:56 UTC
`$document->{Visible} = 0;` [download] How can you write the sample code you gave, yet not understand how to set a property on an object nor understand what False is? Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Parsing MSWord File by pankaj_it09 (Scribe) on Oct 07, 2008 at 05:47 UTC
The code is downloaded.	[reply]
Re^3: Parsing MSWord File by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 12, 2008 at 07:22 UTC
This is not how programming works, at least not here. We expect you to do your own work, to do your own research and to learn the language instead of asking us all the time to do your work for you.	[reply]