in reply to Inter Process/Inter Language Communication

...sounds like a job for XS, SWIG or even possibly Win32::OLE.

As I've mentioned elsewhere (http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=724251), you might also want to have a look @ Dave Roths web site for Win32 stuff.

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

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