Using a dotNet dll from Perl to control Word

[Vic Russell]

Hi,

I need to write a dotNet dll which will control Word (open documents, add
templates, set options etc) and which will be invoked from within Perl which
our application is written in. Can anyone give me some pointers? Has anyone
got any relevant examples?

Regards,

Vic Russell

 

[Sisyphus]

Hi,

I need to write a dotNet dll which will control Word (open documents, add
templates, set options etc) and which will be invoked from within Perl which
our application is written in. Can anyone give me some pointers? Has anyone
got any relevant examples?

You could access the functions in the dll using Win32::API. (Win32::API used
to work only with dll's that used stdcall calling convention. I think that
has now changed, but it might be better to use stdcall in your dll if that's
an option.)

You could also use Inline::C to access the functions - though you'll also
need an import lib ('.lib') file for linking purposes if you go down that
path. See 'perldoc Inline::C-Cookbook'. Find the example 'How do I access
Win32 DLL-s using Inline?'.

Cheers,
Rob