I want to switch this off the auto calculation in Excel, I have tried the following but it has no effect. use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; $xl = Win32::OLE::Const->Load("Microsoft Excel"); my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); $Excel->XlCalculation($xl->{xlCalculationManual}); any ideas ? Kevin. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users