docx and Perl

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Re: docx and Perl by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Nov 03, 2009 at 19:54 UTC
Do you have Office 2007 installed? How about OpenOffice 3? IIRC (and IMNRC), OLE requires that you have an application to handle the OLE message in order for it to work. No provider for the service, and the service will not get, umm, serviced. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re: docx and Perl by Anonymous Monk on Nov 03, 2009 at 19:47 UTC
If openoffice can do it, you can theoretically use OpenOffice::OODoc for conversion.	[reply]
Re: docx and Perl by redgreen (Priest) on Nov 03, 2009 at 21:51 UTC
If you are using Microsoft Office XP/2003, you can install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, which will give you the ability to read docx files. If the OLE itself is the problem, start with [WIN32::OLE Word]	[reply]
Re: docx and Perl by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 04, 2009 at 20:39 UTC
docx is a ZIP containing XML and some auxilary files, so use Archive::Zip and some XML library. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re^2: docx and Perl by Anonymous Monk on Jul 26, 2011 at 09:53 UTC
hi alexander can u plz let me know for .docx file "Archive::Zip and some XML library" usage with any example thanks sudeep	[reply]
Re^3: docx and Perl by Anonymous Monk on Jul 26, 2011 at 10:17 UTC
The documentation comes with examples	[reply]