Re: Device-SerialPort.ppd could not be found

2005-12-05 Thread Foo Ji-Haw
Hello Reinhard, With your link I was able to download the module. Thanks! There is a small problem that is stopping me from having fun with the module. In trying to install the module, I get this error: D:\ppm install Device-SerialPort.ppd Install 'Device-SerialPort'

Re: Test string conversion syntax

2005-12-05 Thread DZ-Jay
#!C:\perl\bin\perl open(TXT, sample.txt); @text = TXT; close(TXT); print Content-type:text/html\n\n html; print Text file contents:br/; foreach $line(@text) { print $line br/; } print /html; # This will loop through all the line in the file, # substitute commas with pipes on each line, #

Creating a new directory from a script under windows

2005-12-05 Thread Alejandro Santillan
I am programing a cgi that performs a series of tasks while interacting with the client and that should keep a session alive for a week. In order to do that I decided to create a session directory each time a client sings up. The directory is create while the scrip runs under linux, but under

RE: split() skipping trailing delimiters

2005-12-05 Thread Joe Discenza
Title: split() skipping trailing delimiters DZ-Jay wrote, on Mon 05-Dec-05 07:58 : I have a problem using the split() function: When there are trailing: delimiters, without any content between them, split() skips them. For From "perldoc -f split": If LIMIT is specified and positive,

Re: split() skipping trailing delimiters

2005-12-05 Thread James Sluka
DZ-Jay wrote: Hello: I have a problem using the split() function: When there are trailing delimiters, without any content between them, split() skips them. For example, this: my @foo = split(/,/, 'this,is,a,test,,'); yields: this is a test while I'm expecting:

Re: Creating a new directory from a script under windows

2005-12-05 Thread mark pryor
Alejandro Santillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am programing a cgi that performs a series of tasks while interacting withthe client and that should keep a session alive for a week.In order to do that I decided to create a session directory each time aclient sings up.The directory is create while

RE: Creating a new directory from a script under windows

2005-12-05 Thread Bullock, Howard A.
See use File::Path; mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711); rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1); ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe:

Re: AW: split() skipping trailing delimiters

2005-12-05 Thread DZ-Jay
Oh, you know, I just saw that. Hum, I wonder how I missed it. Anyway, then I guess using this would do... split /,/, $foo, -1; dZ. Andreas.Kamentz wrote: Hi dZ, According to documentation, the prototype of split has a third parameter: split /PATTERN/, EXPR, LIMIT If LIMIT

Re: split() skipping trailing delimiters

2005-12-05 Thread DZ-Jay
Joe Discenza wrote: DZ-Jay wrote, on Mon 05-Dec-05 07:58 : I have a problem using the split() function: When there are trailing : delimiters, without any content between them, split() skips them. For From perldoc -f split: If LIMIT is specified and positive, splits into

True Story

2005-12-05 Thread Jerry Kassebaum
I was in the mall with my Perl book, wearing my son's Marine pants from basic training. (I like to have something to read while my wife shops.) A young man comes up to me and says, Where did you get the new camoh? (I didn't get that last word.) I showed him the book, about to explain that

OEAPI from NEXTRA

2005-12-05 Thread prichcre
Does anyone have any experience with the OEAPI product from NEKTRA? Here are the General Features from their web site: . All the functionality is implemented in a COM object. . A demo application written in Visual Basic is included in the package. . A demo application written in Visual C++

Executing an external program from a perl scrip.

2005-12-05 Thread Alejandro Santillan
Trying to migrate a perl script from linux to windows (IIS), I need to execute a command line from within the perl script. This snippet worked fine in linux (provided the path is correct), but it didn't work in windows: $sys=C:/antiword/antiword.exe -t -w 1 document.doc

Re: True Story

2005-12-05 Thread John Shea
I was in the Army when it went to the BDU (battle dress uniform). It was the source of numerous similar jokes in my unit. John T Shea DeveloperOn 12/5/05, Charles K. Clarkson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry Kassebaum wrote:: I was in the mall with my Perl book, wearing my son's Marine pants: from

RE: OEAPI from NEXTRA

2005-12-05 Thread Steven Manross
It depends on the threading model of the COM object.. Perl OLE is not multithreading capable yet (and probably won't be any time soon (But, leave it to Jan to prove me wrong). But yes, in general, Perl can call COM components (like Outlook, Excel, Word, ChartDirector and others) with Win32::OLE.

RE: Executing an external program from a perl scrip.

2005-12-05 Thread John Serink
First: use \ not /. Second: You have to escape the \ with a second \ when using double quotes. Your line needs to read: $sys=C:\\antiword\\antiword.exe -t -w 1 document.doc C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\somedir\\document.txt; That shou'd work. Alternatively, you could do it this way:

Re: Executing an external program from a perl scrip.

2005-12-05 Thread Chris Wagner
At 04:02 PM 12/5/2005 -0300, Alejandro Santillan wrote: Trying to migrate a perl script from linux to windows (IIS), I need to execute a command line from within the perl script. This snippet worked fine in linux (provided the path is correct), but it didn't work in windows: That sounds very much

RE: Inet::Socket::INET's line read fails

2005-12-05 Thread John Serink
Use sysread. You might want to use the IO:Select module to check if the call will block before calling... gives you a bit more control. Cheers, john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Foo Ji-Haw Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:30

Re: Inet::Socket::INET's line read fails

2005-12-05 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Foo Ji-Haw wrote: Hi all, Just want to share and ask something about reading from the sockets. Normally my connection to the Other Side receives line inputs. But not all the time the eol character is standard across the various remote connections; sometimes it's just a 0x0D. I realise

Re: Inet::Socket::INET's line read fails

2005-12-05 Thread Foo Ji-Haw
Thanks for the good tip John and Bill, Will give sysread a go. $Bill Luebkert wrote: Foo Ji-Haw wrote: Hi all, Just want to share and ask something about reading from the sockets. Normally my connection to the Other Side receives line inputs. But not all the time the eol character is