Win32::OLE - is it the best option?

Win has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

Does anyone please have an example of a Perl program that will set an Excel application to run in the background and then activate a VBA script within that Excel application? A few good monks have informed me that it is best to use Win32::OLE, although I am open to other suggestions. For example, I was wondering whether a system call could be used.

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Re: Win32::OLE - is it the best option? by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 20, 2006 at 13:26 UTC
Win, A good node to read would be Using Win32::OLE and Excel - Tips and Tricks, which tells you how to run VBA macros within Excel via Win32::OLE, among many other things. Have you Super Searched this topic? Also Activestate.com have an article which explains How to convert a VBA macro to Perl, perhaps worth a look. Hope this helps. Martin	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::OLE - is it the best option? by Win (Novice) on Jan 20, 2006 at 14:55 UTC
This is a great link thanks. The code in the link is giving me a spot of difficulty when it comes to: `$Excel->ActiveSheet->Pictures->Insert(<http://perlmonks.org/images/use +rmonkpics/httptech.gif>); #And now for a brief example using a Variant data type and it's method +s. Update: Added other variant as per example in this node my $dt = Variant(VT_DATE, $Sheet->Range("a1")->{Value}); ## This is t +he line that give me the ERROR` [download] where I get the error message: `Win32::OLE(0.1701) error 0x80020005: "Type mismatch" at Perl_program.p +l line 87` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Win32::OLE - is it the best option? by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 20, 2006 at 15:32 UTC
Win, You have been a user here for quite some time and should know by now that providing sample data your working with, in addition to the code thats causing problems helps to point out what the cause of the problem and any possible solutions. What is the value of: `$Sheet->Range("a1")->{Value}` Martin	[reply] [d/l]
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