Encryption recommendations

2008-08-08 Thread Chris O
Hi All! I need to encrypt txt files on a shared linux web server, then decrypt read them on a win32 box. What module(s) are recommended for this? - Chris ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe:

Track mouse position

2008-06-06 Thread Chris O
The idea of better employee monitoring has been discussed at my office. I'd like to create a compiled executable to be distributed via group policy that will track mouse movement (or lack of) and report activity/inactivity to a local server. I want to know when an employee is working and when

RE: draw boxes around tablular data ???

2008-05-16 Thread Chris O
However, the customer wants the printed production orders to have boxes drawn around the tabular data. Currently, the tabular data is formatted via printf's to generate aligned columns, written to a TXT file, and send to a line printer. Please, give me some ideas HOW to draw boxes around

PerlEX,Modules, Sharing variables

2008-02-27 Thread Chris O
I'm attempting my first PerlEX app and I'm failing miserably. :-( The goal is for my module to access variables stored in the calling script. The following example works when run as CGI but fails as PerlEX. Am I on the right path here or is there a better way? #

RE: MSVCR71.dll error in ActivePerl-5.10.0.1002-MSWin32-x86-283697.msi

2008-02-26 Thread Chris O
Does installing msvcr71.dll (into one of your path folders) fix the problem ? Rob It appears to be a library issue at compile. Jan mentioned that dbd-odbc makes reference to msvcr71.dll. He's working on it. The dll is installed on the machine in question and works when I revert to 5.8. -

MSVCR71.dll error in ActivePerl-5.10.0.1002-MSWin32-x86-283697.msi

2008-02-25 Thread Chris O
FYI, there appears to be a problem with the latest active perl release (ActivePerl-5.10.0.1002-MSWin32-x86-283697.msi). After installation, when I try to use any DBI related module, perl crashes and windows displays the error this application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found.

XMPP/Jabber example

2007-12-04 Thread Chris O
Hey Guys and Gals! I may be going out on a limb here, but can anyone send me an example of how to connect, send, and receive messages via XMPP? I've tried many basic examples online, but none of them have options for encryption. I'm using a default install of soapbox 07 server w/encryption.

RE: localtime failing on DST change

2007-03-13 Thread Chris O
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Bill Luebkert wrote: My 'localtime' function output doesn't reflect DST since the Sunday changeover. Jan Wrote: This is expected if you have the TZ environment variable set because Microsoft didn't release an updated MSVCRT.dll. Works fine for me on windows... but I'm

Fill PDF Form Fields

2007-03-06 Thread Chris O
Anyone know how to fill in form fields on a PDF? I've looked at a few modules on cpan googled a bit, but can't seem to find anything . Thanks, Chris ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe:

More efficient regex

2007-02-28 Thread Chris O
Gurus, In the sample below, I'm checking $foo for all caps or all lowercase. Is there a more efficient regex method? - Chris $foo='APPLE JONES PARKER'; if(($foo!~/[A-Z]/)or($foo!~/[a-z]/)){ $foo=title_case($foo); } print $foo.\n; sub title_case{ my($string) = @_; my

SOAP XML via https

2007-02-02 Thread Chris O
Hey gurus! It's been a while since I've posted here. My latest task involves downloading faxes from myfax.com. I have a working PHP example (attached) that retrieves an XML list of inbound faxes and I need to convert this to Perl but I don't know where to start. Can someone recommend what

SOAP XML via https

2007-02-02 Thread Chris O
Hey gurus! It's been a while since I've posted here. My latest task involves downloading faxes from myfax.com. I have a working PHP example (attached) that retrieves an XML list of inbound faxes and I need to convert this to Perl but I don't know where to start. Can someone recommend what

Stumped... Replace line endings

2006-11-19 Thread Chris O
I have blocks of text in my MS SQL database that look like... This is line 1 This is line 2 This is line 3 I want to reformat them like... This is line 1\par This is line 2\par This is line 3\par (I'm writing documents in RTF Format, which use \par\n in place of \n) The problem is that

RE: Backticks and IIS6.0

2006-11-17 Thread Chris O
I'm moving from Windows 2000 (IIS 5) to Windows Server 2003 (IIS6). I'm unable to capture the output of a program using backticks in a CGI script. I've had weird issues using backticks on windows in general (in the past). As a habit, I've since used system() instead and I've had no problems

RE: Regular Expressions and variables

2006-11-11 Thread Chris O
how do i use scalar variables in substitution and complex matching? eg I want the following to work. $string =~ s/^$variable//; $string =~ m/^([^$variable]*)/; -- Do a search for perl regex and you'll find all kinds of info. - Chris $foo='The

RE: Regular Expressions and variables

2006-11-11 Thread Chris O
how do I use scalar variables in substitution and complex matching? eg I want the following to work. $string =~ s/^$variable//; $string =~ m/^([^$variable]*)/; -- Do a search for perl regex and you'll find all kinds of info. - Chris $foo='The

RE: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-18 Thread Chris O
In 2038 I'll be 86. I don't take it for granted that I'll be seeing anything at all :-) So? If I should live so long, I'll be 90, gumming my oatmeal in the nursing home and hoping for another Packers' winning season. Well, I'll only be 55 so I should probably start working on a solution now.

RE: what?!?

2006-10-17 Thread Chris O
John Deighan wrote: The problem comes when you have a function that computes an index, it's buggy and returns a negative number. Bill wrote: The point is to debug your code properly. You can't expect buggy code to work properly anywhere. This is just one spot where a bug in your code

RE: what?!? [OT]

2006-10-17 Thread Chris O
Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant? I wish we could have a y2k hype scare every year. I made a bundle in 99' testing for y2k compatibility. Anyone else? - Chris ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list

RE: :Mechanize problem

2006-09-27 Thread Chris O
I am having trouble submitting a form because it is using an image to click on. How do I submit/click on this image. David M. Funk If you cant just submit the form, you should be able to use HTTP::Request in combination with www::mechanize. - Chris

Recompile at execute

2006-09-22 Thread Chris O
When a script is repeatedly executed, does activestate perl recompile it each time? Or only the first run after a change has been made? Is this procedure different when executing a script from the command line vs. executing it as CGI from a web server (not perlex/fastcgi)? - Chris

RE: Perl in the Funnies

2006-09-19 Thread Chris O
Perl made it into the comics today! Check out Foxtrot. That's awesome. No mention of any other languages either. Bill Amend Rocks. - Chris ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe:

RE: Perl in the Funnies

2006-09-19 Thread Chris O
That's awesome. No mention of any other languages either. Bill Amend Rocks. What...JavaScript isn't enough of a real language? In a word, no. But JavaScript has come a long way over the years. - Chris ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list

RE: Perl in the Funnies

2006-09-19 Thread Chris O
That's awesome. No mention of any other languages either. Bill Amend Rocks. Big Deal. Perl got honorable mention as a web tool. I dont think Bill Amend knows or cares much about Perl, other than it's somehow related to webpages. but thats just a guess. I'll have to agree with George's

RE: Help with CGI.PM and Perlex

2006-09-15 Thread Chris O
I am running into a problem with a very basic function with CGI.PM. The code will not param correctly. This first test code taken from the POD will not param any values... To me, cgi.pm always seemed like a big pain. You can print the form and headers manually, and use

RE: Working Out Dates

2006-09-07 Thread Chris O
Hi guys, I looking for some help with dates... shows the last 10 working days... work out the weekends and miss them out Ewen Date::Calc is your friend. :-) - Chris ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com

Out of office - Cant these be filtered from the list?

2006-08-25 Thread Chris O
For those of you who are associated with activstate, has stripping the OOF messages at the server level ever been considered? Maybe require anything with a subject containing Out of office to be reviewed by a moderator first? Just a suggestion, not a gripe. You guys are awesome. - Chris