appending text to a word document

It is harder to explain the possibilities of working with Perl better, than in the following example:
I used it to develop automation with MS Word.
Images and text adding - not a problem any more, just spend some time to analyse how Win32::OLE works with Word:
Here:

http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/perl/word.html

sstouk,

I used that link and now have my script working.... mostly.  The script works from the command prompt, but not from a browser.  Any ideas?

Code is below:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(warningsToBrowser fatalsToBrowser);

use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft.Word';    # wd  constants
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Office';  # mso constants

########################################################
# Getting details from html input....
my $in=new CGI;
my $name=$in->param("name");
my $dep=$in->param("dep");
my $suggest=$in->param("suggest");

# Generate Date for Suggestion form..
my $date=localtime();
my $d=substr($date,0,10);
my $dd=substr($date,20,4);

$date=$d.", ".$dd;




#####################################################################################3

my $cur_style    = 'a';
my $cur_bookmark = 'a';
my $inputFileName='d:\bas_Serco\cgi-bin\BlankSuggest.doc';


my $word = CreateObject Win32::OLE 'Word.Application' or die $!;
my $document = $word -> Documents -> Open($inputFileName)or die "cant open $inputFileName";
$word->{'Visible'} = 0;

# my $document = $word->Documents->Add;

# selection is the insertion point.
my $selection = $word->Selection;

my $st_bold_10_arial   = create_style($document, "Arial", 10, 1, 0);
my $st_italic_10_arial = create_style($document, "Arial", 10, 0, 1);
my $st_italic_20_arial = create_style($document, "Times new Roman", 20, 0, 1);

set_style($document, $st_bold_10_arial);
text     ($document, "This text is bold, 10 points and arial");
#text     ($document, $date);
enter    ($document);
set_style($document, $st_italic_10_arial);
text     ($document, "This text is italic, 10 points and arial");
enter    ($document);
set_style($document, $st_italic_20_arial);
text     ($document, "This text is italic, 20 points and Times");





# Inserting current page, total page
# text     ($document, " Page ");
# $selection->Fields->Add ($selection->{Range}, wdFieldPage    );
# text     ($document, " of ");
# $selection->Fields->Add ($selection->{Range}, wdFieldNumPages);

# # go back to body of document
# switch_view($document, wdSeekMainDocument);

# my $picture = insert_picture($document, 'c:\some\path\to\the\file.eps', 100, 100, 100, 30);

# my $st_12_arial = create_style($document, "Arial", 12, 0, 0);



# #############################   Demonstrating Bookmarks #####
# enter    ($document);                                       #
# set_style($document, $st_12_arial);                         #
# text     ($document, "Not bold");                           #
# bold     ($document, 1);                                    #
# text     ($document, " but this IS bold ");                 #
# bold     ($document, 0);                                    #
# text     ($document, "this is not bold anymore");           #
# enter    ($document);                                       #
#                                                             #
# my $first_bookmark = insert_bookmark($document);            #
# text     ($document, "here's a bookmark");                  #
# enter    ($document);                                       #
# text     ($document, "Writing some lines");                 #
# enter    ($document);                                       #
# text     ($document, "Before going to the bookmark");       #
# enter    ($document);                                       #
#                                                             #
# my $second_bookmark = insert_bookmark($document);           #
# goto_bookmark($document, $first_bookmark);                  #
# text     ($document, "Went back to first bookmark");        #
# goto_bookmark($document, $second_bookmark);                 #
# text     ($document, "Went back to second bookmark");       #
# #############################################################


############### indenting ##############

# my $st_indent = create_style($document, "Arial", 10, 0, 0);
# style_indents($document, $st_indent, 100, 200);
# enter        ($document);
# set_style    ($document, $st_indent);
# text         ($document, join " ", 1 .. 100);
# enter        ($document);
# text         ($document, join " ", 'a' .. 'cz');

# items        ($document, "Fruits", $st_indent, qw(Apple Pear Peach Cherry Nectarine Orange));
# items        ($document, "Shapes", $st_indent, qw(Triangle Rhombus Trapezoid Pentagon Circle));

# ## inserting a box
# my $st_box  = create_style($document, "Arial", 8, 0, 1);
# style_indents($document, $st_box, 0, 0);
# my $box = insert_box($document, 350, 550, 140, 40);
# set_style($document, $st_box);
# text         ($document, "hello out of the box");
# my $dir='d:\bas_Serco\cgi-bin';
# my $suffix='suggest.doc';
# my $nameo='"\".$name';
# my $newname=$dir.$nameo.$suffix;
save_doc_as($document, 'd:\bas_Serco\cgi-bin\new.doc');
#save_doc_as($document, $newname);

## uncomment the following two if word should shut down
 close_doc($document);
 $word->Quit;

sub text {
  my $document = shift;
  my $text      = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> TypeText($text);
}

# aka new line, newline or NL
sub enter {
  my $document = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> TypeParagraph;
}

sub set_style {
  my $document = shift;
  my $style_arg = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> {Style} = $style_arg -> {name};
}

sub create_style {
  my $document  = shift;
  my $fontname  = shift;
  my $font_size = shift;
  my $bold      = shift;
  my $italic    = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles->Add($cur_style);

  my $style_font = $style->{Font};

  $style_font -> {Name  } = $fontname;
  $style_font -> {Size  } = $font_size;
  $style_font -> {Bold  } = $bold;
  $style_font -> {Italic} = $italic;

  my %style;

  $style{name} = $cur_style++;
  return \%style;
}

# use switch_view to change to header, footer, main document and so on...
# possible constants for view are: wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
#
#   o  wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
#   o  wdSeekEndnotes
#   o  wdSeekEvenPagesFooter
#   o  wdSeekEvenPagesHeader
#   o  wdSeekFirstPageFooter
#   o  wdSeekFirstPageHeader
#   o  wdSeekFootnotes
#   o  wdSeekMainDocument
#   o  wdSeekPrimaryFooter
#   o  wdSeekPrimaryHeader
#
sub switch_view {
  my $document = shift;
  my $view     = shift;
  $document -> ActiveWindow -> ActivePane -> View -> {SeekView} = $view;
}

sub insert_picture {
  my $document = shift;
  my $file     = shift;
  my $left     = shift;
  my $top      = shift;
  my $width    = shift;
  my $height   = shift;

  my $picture =
    $document-> Shapes -> AddPicture (
      $file,
      msoFalse, # link to file
      msoTrue,  # save with document
      $left, $top, $width, $height,
      $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->{Range}
    );

  return $picture;
}

sub bold {
  my $document = shift;
  my $bold     = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->{Font}->{Bold} = $bold ? msoTrue : msoFalse;
}

sub goto_bookmark {
  my $document = shift;
  my $bookmark = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection -> GoTo(wdGoToBookmark, 0, 0, $bookmark->{Name});
}

sub insert_bookmark {
  my $document = shift;

  my $bookmark = $document -> Bookmarks -> Add ($cur_bookmark++, $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->Range);
  return $bookmark;
}                      

sub style_indents {
  my $document          = shift;
  my $style_arg         = shift;
  my $first_line_indent = shift;
  my $other_line_indent = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->ParagraphFormat->{LeftIndent     } =  $other_line_indent;
  $style->ParagraphFormat->{FirstLineIndent} = -$other_line_indent + $first_line_indent;
}

sub items {
  my $document = shift;
  my $title    = shift;
  my $style    = shift;
  my @array    = @_;

  enter($document);
  set_style($document, $style);

  bold($document, 1);
  text($document, $title);
  bold($document, 0);
  text($document, "\x09");

  foreach my $a (@array) {
    text($document, $a);
    text($document, "\x0b");
  }
}

sub insert_box {
  my $document = shift;
  my $left     = shift;
  my $top      = shift;
  my $width    = shift;
  my $height   = shift;

  my $shape = $document->Shapes->AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, $left, $top, $width, $height);
  $shape -> Select;
  my $selection = $word->Selection;
  $selection -> ShapeRange -> Line -> {DashStyle} = msoLineRoundDot;

  return $shape
}

sub close_doc {
  my $document = shift;
  $document -> Close;
}

sub save_doc_as {
  my $document = shift;
  my $filename = shift;

  $document->SaveAs($filename);
}

sub style_keep_with_next {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->{ParagraphFormat}->{KeepWithNext} = msoTrue;
}

sub style_keep_together {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->{ParagraphFormat}->{KeepTogether} = msoTrue;
}

sub style_border {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;
  my $border       = shift;
  my $border_style = shift;
  my $border_width = shift;
  my $border_color = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->Borders($border) -> {LineStyle} = $border_style;
  $style->Borders($border) -> {LineWidth} = $border_width;
  $style->Borders($border) -> {Color    } = $border_color;
}

sub style_tab_at_position {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;
  my $position     = shift;
  my $left_or_right= shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->ParagraphFormat->{TabStops}->Add($word->InchesToPoints($position), $left_or_right);
}

sub style_space_before {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;
  my $space        = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->ParagraphFormat->{SpaceBefore} = $space;
}

sub style_space_after {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;
  my $space        = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->ParagraphFormat->{SpaceAfter} = $space;
}

sub style_alignment {
  my $document     = shift;
  my $style_arg    = shift;
  my $alignment    = shift;

  my $style = $document->Styles($style_arg->{name});

  $style->ParagraphFormat->{Alignment} = $alignment;
}

sub goto_end_of_document {
  my $document  = shift;

  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->{Range} -> EndKey(wdStory);

  #my $selection = $word->Selection;

  #$selection -> EndKey (wdStory);
}

sub insert_page_break {
  my $document  = shift;

  #my $selection = $word->Selection;

  #$selection -> InsertBreak(wdPageBreak);
  $document->ActiveWindow->Selection->{Range} -> InsertBreak(wdPageBreak);
}

sub landscape {
  my $document = shift;

  $document->PageSetup->{Orientation} = wdOrientLandscape;
}

sstouk,

You nailed it!  Thanks!  All is working now!