in reply to Manipulating MS Access files

Why not try automating the process that the Access developers go thro' ... by using Win32::OLE ??

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

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Re^2: Manipulating MS Access files
by jarthda (Acolyte) on Apr 27, 2009 at 22:35 UTC
    So a broad question about Win32::OLE, it's been some time since I perl scripted. Will I be looking for a method in this module that does exactly the compacting or does the OLE module allow me to emulate any windows application behavior?
      Essentially, it's the latter ... well nearly, since any windows application behavior s/b read as most behaviours for most windows applications.

      IIRC, the object model/navigator is all well and good, but the only sure way to tell if the library can emulate the specific application behaviour (especially non-standard behaviour) is by good old experimentation.

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