To apply a nomenclature that may help understand clwolfe's idea consider the Perl application as a server and your VBA code as a client. The overall process is a little like using OLE to allow one application (your VBA code) to connect to another application (the Perl code).

In fact it may be that using OLE is exactly the solution you are looking for. It is not a 'free' option however. ActiveState provide tools for doing the heavy lifting as part of their pro package. See OLE automation server and Creating a COM/OLE server for some discussion of this option.

Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing

In reply to Re^3: Absolute simplest way to keep a database variable persistent? by GrandFather
in thread Absolute simplest way to keep a database variable persistent? by natestraight

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