my $filename = 'C:\Documents and Settings\551970\Desktop\database.accdb'; # $ARGV[0]; print $filename."\n"; $oAccess = Win32::OLE->new('Access.Application') or die qq{Couldn't start new Access instance!}; # Open Access File $oDatabase = $oAccess->DBEngine->OpenDatabase($filename); my $new_property = $oDatabase->Containers->Databases->Documents->UserDefined->CreateProperty("Test1",12,"Test"); $oDatabase->Containers->Databases->Documents->UserDefined->Properties->Append($new_property); foreach (in $oDatabase->Containers->Databases->Documents->UserDefined->Properties) { #print Dumper($_); print "prop ".$_->Name."\n"; } undef $oDatabase; #undef $oAccess; $oAccess->Quit();