use strict;

use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';


$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # Die on Errors.
#######################################
## ::Warn = 2 throws the errors, but ##
## expects that the programmer deals ##
#######################################

my $excelfile = 'c:\temp\win32\tabexample.xls';
my $excelout = 'c:\temp\win32\tabexample.tab';

my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application')
	    || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); 
   $Excel->{DisplayAlerts}=0;   

my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($excelfile);
   $Book->SaveAs({Filename =>$excelout,
                  FileFormat => xlCurrentPlatformText});