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Re: [MacPerl] AppleScript & Excel

At 12:30 -0800 2000.10.13, Yosemite wrote:
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Ack!  Please send non-HTML mail to the list.  Thanks.


><FONT SIZE="2">the following script will not set the value of cell A1 in
>Excel when run from MacPerl, the errNum from AppleScript is -10006, cant
>set obj/data to obj/data. The AppleScript portion does function properly
>when run as an AppleScript. What can I do to have this run from
>MacPerl?<BR>
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>#!perl<BR>
><BR>
>$script = &lt;&lt;EOS;<BR>
>try<BR>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tell application &quot;Microsoft Excel&quot;<BR>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;set Value of Cell
>&quot;$A$1&quot; to &quot;1&quot;<BR>

You are sending the value "".  $A is a variable, $1 is a variable.  You
want to $script = do <<'EOS' (single quotes around EOS) or escape the
dollar signs like "\$A\$1".

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