#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Win32::OLE::Const; Win32::OLE->Option( Warn => 2 ); use File::Slurp; use XML::TreeBuilder; my $rand = rand 999999999; my $app_name = "Test $rand"; # http://www.devx.com/xml/Article/30482/1763/page/2 # only relevant if you develop software for QuickBooks that you intend to sell to other parties. my $app_id = ''; my $qb_company_file = ""; my $request_xml_file = "vendor_query.xml"; main(); sub main { my $qbxmlrp_const = Win32::OLE::Const->Load("QBXMLRP2 1.0 Type Library"); my $request_processor = Win32::OLE->new( "QBXMLRP2.RequestProcessor", sub { $_[0]->CloseConnection(); } ) or die "oops\n"; $request_processor->OpenConnection2( $app_id, $app_name, $qbxmlrp_const->{"localQBD"} ); my $ticket = $request_processor->BeginSession( $qb_company_file, $qbxmlrp_const->{"qbFileOpenDoNotCare"} ); my $request_xml_string = File::Slurp::read_file($request_xml_file); my $response_xml_string = $request_processor->ProcessRequest( $ticket, $request_xml_string ); warn $response_xml_string; } # # Read the contents of a file into a string. # # Accepts filename as a parameter and returns the file contents. # sub read_file($) { # my $filename = shift; # my $file_data; # local ($/) = undef; # my $file_handle = IO::File->new(); # $file_handle->open($filename); # $file_data = <$file_handle>; # $file_handle->close(); # return $file_data; # }