net::telnet, fork, & waitpid

2001-06-09 Thread JOHN PETRI
No matter what I do, I cannot get the non blocking waitfor to not block. NT4p6 perl 5.6.0 bld 623. Does it work in NT. (Parent has a telnet session open and is monitoring the applictions communications with the telnet server. When the application is done, waitpid unblocks and net::telen

net::telnet, alive and well test?

2001-06-05 Thread JOHN PETRI
Is there a simple way to tell if the telnet connection has died? Was hoping for a $tel->isAlive test. Now I loop on getline which returns undef and timeout error info. I can't seem to verify the connection unless I close and reopen. Not allowed to write the port for verification. Th

Re: [Re: ole, open and busy, how to determine]

2001-04-20 Thread JOHN PETRI
Carl Jolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 19 Apr 2001, JOHN PETRI wrote: > We really need an ole list ... > > Trying to get my script to die if the ss is busy but having no luck. > Tried everything (except the right thing). Keep getting 'save to' > dialogs

ole, dates, working with in Excel

2001-02-28 Thread JOHN PETRI
rookie How do you work with dates in OLE/Excel/perl? $startJob = $workSheet->Range("J4")->{Value}; where J4 contains a date. Would like to use it in perl time functions. Could you use perl time to initialize a date cell? Or do you have to format a date string? Thanks _

cmos

2000-10-27 Thread JOHN PETRI
Is there a way into to get into the CMOS from the OS? We use pcs (compaq and ibm) to control industrial machines. Many now have power management options that are set in the CMOS. It is important that these power management options are disabled. Before we ship a configuration checker (perl scr