I have a simple question regarding file manipulation. I am trying to open a
file using a program (e.g. word, excel, etc.) and then perform an action on
it using the program and save it as a new file name. If someone could point
in the direction of an example of something like this.
FYI, the
If you just want to open a file and save it under a different name,
you can just copy the file.
If you want to do something that has to be done via a specific
program, you might want to consider a macro program like AutoHotKey
(http://www.autohotkey.com/)
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On Dec 8, 2007 9:57 PM, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a simple question regarding file manipulation. I am trying to open a
file using a program (e.g. word, excel, etc.) and then perform an action on
it using the program and save it as a new file name. If someone could point
in the
Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have looked at the perlopen tuturial, but I am still not sure how to
accomplish this. I just can't believe that it is as easy as,
open(INFO, datafile) || die(can't open datafile: $!); In other
words how does it know what software to open the datafile
Yes, this seems like what I want to do. I would like to open the file using
the external software program, run one command on it using the external
software, and then save it.
The software like I said before is not widely known. What happens is the
drill program is made through a main CAD
Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yes, this seems like what I want to do. I would like to open the file using
the external software program, run one command on it using the external
software, and then save it.
If that one command is not setable from a command line it will become
seriously
