Hello,

I'm currently opening a file using

 my $status = system($file);

This opens the file in the program that it's created in. Inside that program's window is the files window. I need to access a tab of that window. Then copy a value in a table on that tab. Also I can't access the file without the program it's encrypted.

I don't want to name the program, but a good analogy would opening an excel file using system. Accessing the second tab of the file and reading E12 cell.

My background is in EE and I'm PERL beginner. I don't know what to do after the files been opened. If there is a CPAN Module that can read objects or manipulate them. Any help would be appreciated.

Update 8/15/2014: I built the program using the Win32:GUITest module (It was a lot of reading and learning). It's been able to grab the value I needed. It runs through a loop and renames multiple files. I need to add some WaitWindow() calls and value verification checks to make it a little bit more robust. All in all though it works and I'm quite happy with it. Thank you for your responses.

In reply to reading a value out of a program by State_Space

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