AM, Firstly please but < code> # code in here </code> next time you post a code snippet, It makes it alot easier to read.

In the past i've had similar problems when deleteing worksheets the best way i've found is to ensure Alerts are turned of every time you try and deleted something.
Small example here of how you'd add a Book & Sheet, Delete the sheet, then close the workbook: 
#!usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use Win32::OLE qw( HRESULT );

use constant False => 0;
use constant True  => 1;

my $Excel;
{

    # Open Excel
    $Excel = Win32::OLE->new( 'Excel.Application', sub { $_[0]->Quit; 
+} )
      || die( '[FATAL]: could not open Excel', $! );

    $Excel->{Visible} = False;
}

{
    my $Book  = $Excel->Workbooks->Add;    # Add workbook
    my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets->Add;    # Add worksheet to work boo
+k
    $Excel->{DisplayAlerts} = False;       # Don't display alerts
    $Sheet->Delete();                      # Delete sheet
    $Book->Close( { SaveChanges => False } );    # Close the work book

# Excel exits via the deconstructor closure sub { $_[0]->Quit }; liste
+d in the open method
}

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Your problem could be as simple as calling $Excel->{DisplayAlerts} = False everytime.

As far as i know catching errors from Ole is tricky. If you see when i load Win32::Ole i also import HRESULT. This method allows you to compare the last error message generated to one you might be expected.eg. 
if( Win32::Ole->LastError == HRESULT(0x800a01a8)){
   print "Error\n";
}

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use warnings; or -w Only warns you about coding errors you've made have a look at the perlexwarn for more info. If you're getting an error from Excel or Word then it's external to perl. As you may or maynot be aware the ole module loads the libraries to control the MS office either by DynaLoader or XS, I'm sure on the specifics the point is they're external to perl and therefore it is hard to catch errors.


Hope that helps
John

In reply to Re: Deleting excel sheet using win32::ole by binf-jw
in thread Deleting excel sheet using win32::ole by Anonymous Monk

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