perlquestion TedPride It seems that there used to be a module Win32::DDE::Client, but that module is no longer on CPAN or anywhere because DDE has since been replaced by OLE. However, while the Win32::DDE::Client interface was easy to understand: <code>Request(ITEM) Returns the value of ITEM from the DDE server. Poke (ITEM, VALUE) Pokes VALUE into ITEM at the DDE server. Execute (CMD) Executes CMD at the DDE server.</code> I'm having a lot of trouble understanding the Win32::OLE equivalents:<br> [http://search.cpan.org/~jdb/libwin32-0.28/OLE/lib/Win32/OLE.pm]<p> Can someone explain how I do the equivalent of Request, Poke, and Execute using OLE?