When you are using Win32::OLE like this Perl is not opening Excel, it is asking the OLE sub system to open it on its behalf. You don't need to and infact shouldn't know the PID of the Excel instance, it could be that the Excel is being used by more than one program or is being run as a user different to the one that is running your program. I think you are looking at some problem with a preconceived notion of how it needs to be addressed - maybe if you started from the beginning and explained what problem it is that you are trying to solve we might be able to help you more.

/J\

In reply to Re: Get PID of a particular instance of Excel by gellyfish
in thread Get PID of a particular instance of Excel by Nalina

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