I've used Win32::SerialPort as well. Are you using the ActivePerl
distribution? If so, try installing the PPD from
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/
David Ressler wrote:
I'm trying to use Win32:SerialPort on an XP system. Apparently the standard
Windows Perl installation doesn't contain it,
I wouldn't go so far as to saay always - usually would be a better choice.
You have to be careful in situations like shelling out to a command
interpreter for example.
Ok. 'Most of the time' then.
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You can always use '/' as the directory delimiter, even in Windows. Perl
on Win32 translates / properly.
Gerardo Carvallo Velasco wrote:
Hello to everyone;
I am a beginner in Perl and I have the next problem:
I should copy a file from winXP (local) to a Linux server.
When I select the file to
last?
bruce wrote:
ok..
i'm embarassed.. how does one break out of a for/foreach loop??
i thought it was exit/break...
pointers?
thanks
-bruce
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Ok, I know this is relevant to a specific few, but it's too good a deal...
I've just gotten my hands on 5 Perl books, for a total of only SGD 40
(about USD 25). Includes: mod_perl (O Reilly), Perls of Wisdom,
Template::Toolkit, Perl Algorithms, and Mason.
For those who are travelling enroute
it's still ok. I didn't get the Perl
books on Bioinformatics and Beginning Perl. But they should still be around.
John Serink wrote:
Where at Suntec?
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Behalf Of Foo Ji-Haw
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:01 AM
Hi all,
This is probably a fun trivial question: I'd like to count the number of
words in a string. My command:
my $count = split(/\s+/,$line);
works. But Perl complains about:
Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated
It works, but it's deprecated. I can assign split to an array, then do a
You can use the WinXP schtasks utility to run a script
in the SYSTEM account.
I can't, I'm afraid. I'm running win2k with no plans to change.
There is a Perl library that can automate the Windows scheduler, for
both 2000 and 2003.
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I would think you could do a lot of this using PerlTray (part of Activestate
PDK).
You can bind a hotkey to a callback and handle the sort of thing you want to do.
I interpret Veli's requirement as some kind of a keyboard logger.
PerlTray can probably register 1 or two (can it be more than
David Ressler wrote:
Thanks for the start.
I managed to get Win32::SerialPort to wake up the printer but it's printing
gibberish. I'm setting it to the same baud rate, etc., as the (functioning)
Generic / Text printer that I set up using the Windows Add Printer.
Do you have any code snippits
') || syserr($^E);
$port-databits(8);
$port-baudrate(9600);
$port-parity(none);
$port-stopbits(1);
$port-write(Hello, world!\n);
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From: Foo Ji-Haw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: David Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent: Sunday, March 12
David Ressler wrote:
I have a printer for a POS application (an Epson TM-T88II for the record) that I
need to drive from a Perl script running under CGI. The printer runs OK as a
Generic/Text printer on Serial Port 1 under Windows 2000 (and I assume Windows
XP). Do I need to work through a
Are you referring to the mailing list archive, or the mailing engine? I
think the engine is still running fine. I also noticed that the
archiving stopped at 8/3.
Chris Wagner wrote:
I haven't gotten any list traffic for several days and I don't see the
recent messages that I do have on the
it as a string constant.
Good luck, and have fun.
Paul wrote:
Hi Foo Ji-Haw and others
Here the info I have, basically a sample SOAP request
POST /wservices/Slib.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: my.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction:
http://services.abc.net/wservices
Craig Cardimon wrote:
Is there a way to see the filenames in a *.zip file, open the files,
and search their contents without extracting that *.zip file?
I'd appreciate a gentle push in the right direction.
Try Achive::Zip
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Chris Wagner wrote:
Greets, does anyone know of a module or WMI/OLE method that will let u
interact with the Outlook global address list? Or an offline copy thereof?
I want to be able to search fields for usernames and bring back all the info.
Try the MAPI interface. To get you started:
my
I'm using Perl 5.8.3.809 on a machine running Windows XP Professional.
I'm processing text files of various sizes. The one that is giving me
problems is 22.5 MB.
One of my co-workers suggested a memory leak. I think I've plugged all
the possible memory holes, but this file still sinks the
I understand your confusion. If I were to
ppm install Underworld-Revolution
I will expect to:
use Underworld::Revolution;
and not
use Revolution;
Gary D Trosper wrote:
A confusing PPM experience
I'm running PPM v3.1 and ActiveState-Perl v5.8.0
MSwin32-x86-multi-thread on a WindowsXP
You mean:
while ($wholefile =~ /TEXT(.*?)\/TEXT/sig)
{
# do your stuff
}
Craig Cardimon wrote:
I have this logic to follow:
while(FILE)
{
if(/START/ .. /END/)
{
# process line
}
}
I found this logic in an article
(http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/06/18/variables.html)
henry wrote:
OK folks, here's my dilemma. I'm not a TK or Win32:GUI user and am not
sure if they are the right tools for this. I'm trying to display a
bitmap with a JPG/BMP/GIF file to tell people to wait while the script
runs. I'd also like to include a little caption below the pic. I guess
Yup. I got a load of 'em too. Guess the mailing list server screwed up.
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If you've defined your $DBH in common.pm, then to access it you have to
include the namespace:
my $sth = $common::DBH-prepare(..);
And in your common.pm, use our instead of my to share the variable:
our $DBH = DBI-connect ( DBI:mysql:database=sample;
host=127.0.0.1,root, password);
You don't need to use LWP::UserAgent directly to access SOAP services.
SOAP::Lite probably uses it internally, and you only need to focus on
the SOAP::Lite methods.
You need to explain your difficulties in using SOAP::Lite. My
recommendation is that you turn on debugging, so that you can see
'. SampleInline.pm
basically does nothing.
Appreciate any help I can get...
Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
Hi all,
I'm using some inline codes alongside PerlTray. It seems that
compiling an executable results in the following error:
.\Makefile.PL:
error: Can't locate .\Makefile.PL
refby: C:\Perl\lib
Yup. Basically that's it. :)
But don't get too ambitious on Perl's ithreads. They are fun, but not as
rich as threads from other languages.
Carter Thompson wrote:
Is this really as easy as it seems or am I over looking something?
I have an array with references to tests. I want to loop
an idea: is it possible to generate XS code via inline, then simply
write a separate module that called it do that inline is not used?
Jan Dubois wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
I'm using some inline codes alongside PerlTray. It seems that compiling
an executable results
I don't want to get too far OT but I am in a similar situation as Jaime and
was also planning to use MySQL. This is the first time I've seen or heard
any comments like this and wanted to poll the audience to see what people
think and if Greg's sentiments are the norm.
For me, MySQL is perhaps
Thanks for coming to my rescue again!
Quick qn: I must be missing something, 'cause when I do 'perl
Makefile.PL', I get:
Can't open perl script Makefile.PL: No such file or directory
I'm using MSVC6. Or do I need another compiler?
Indeed it is. I do it often.
In 'perldoc Inline-FAQ' , see
What about using Win32::API to access a separate DLL written in C ?
Or does it have to be all Perl ?
Thanks for the suggestion. I am so darn rusty on C that no amount of
WD-40 will work! So writing a DLL in C from scratch is really asking me
to learn Thai...it's near impossible.
Hi all,
Here's a sharing session on my successful experience on the a/m, with
lots of excellent support from Sisyphus (thanks dude!).
Problem statement:
Writing a C/C++ extension can be difficult and laborious. Fortunately
inline.pm helps to automate much of the work, and keep us developer
If it's purely a web-based scenario, chances are both platforms will be
just as good, and just as scalable. The key issue is whether the
developer (you) can do a better job with the selected tool. Perl can do
a wonderful job if you use the right framework, and can be just as lousy
if the
Hi all,
I'm using some inline codes alongside PerlTray. It seems that compiling
an executable results in the following error:
.\Makefile.PL:
error: Can't locate .\Makefile.PL
refby: C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\MakeMaker.pm line 181
I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 + 5.8.7 + PDK 6.0.2
(the C++ Guy left).
Thanks. Will keep you updated.
Sisyphus wrote:
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From: Foo Ji-Haw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Tough qn: understanding this (C
anywhere with this, I will donate my
codes to the community, if it is worth anything. I think Perl and TAPI
will be nice. :)
Reinhard Pagitsch wrote:
Sisyphus wrote:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent: Friday
Hello guys,
Loading the library helped. I think I've hit the problem you foresaw.
ULONG returns an error during compilation:
error C2275: 'ULONG' : illegal use of this type as an expression
Is it to do with typemaps? I tried to find some good documentation, but
the only example I got was:
use Win32::TieRegistry ( Delimiter=/, ArrayValues=0 );
$key = $Registry-{LMachine/System/CurrentControlSet/Enum/} ||
die $^E\n;
This fails. Error message is: The system could not find the
environment option that was entered.
I used your code and I have the same problems. If I
Hi all,
I'm trying my first hand at writing some C code to extend TAPI onto Perl
using inline.pm. I didn't get very far though. Appreciate if anyone can
help explain the error (source code is attached).
It seems to complain that _lineInitializeExA (defined in tapi.h I think)
is not
You'll have a lot of support if you use ActivePerl for the Win32
platforn. There are other repositories which allow you to install
modules without any compilation.
Thomas Mostrup Nymand wrote:
Hi.
Thanks for all the help - I have managed to workaround the problem...
Your hint regarding
Paul Sobey wrote:
I have a service written in perl which appears to have a very small
memory leak. Because it runs as a service it's hard to run the debugger.
Is there a way I can print the memory usage of the different variables
in the symbol table from within the script? I'd like to make it
Hi all,
I'm trying to send out an email, that occasionally includes wide
characters (possibly utf-8; the contents are downloaded from the Web).
It looks like MIME::Lite does not like wide characters by default. Is
there any way to get around it?
Below is my code snippet:
my $mail =
-d could fail if a file exists with the same name as a dir you're
expecting to find.
Hmm, I am under the impression that no file can exist with the same name
as a subdir in the same path.
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Thomas Mostrup Nymand wrote:
Yes, good point, but line 2 is
use Win32::OLE qw(EVENTS);
so the code below crashes before there is any mention of
InternetExplorer.Application.
You are right. Can't help you there. Seldom used cygwin.
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When I try to use Win32::OLE as in the following script:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Win32::OLE qw(EVENTS);
my $IE = Win32::OLE-new(InternetExplorer.Application)
|| die Could not start Internet Explorer.Application\n;
I get the following error:
Can't load
Mario Sanchez wrote:
hello everyone,
can you please point me to a package or script that will first determine
the columns of a database table, then output well formed XML? condition: i
do not know in advance the columns of the table.
example output where field = actual field name
table
Dirk Bremer wrote:
What is the easiest method to detect whether or not a directory exists?
I will need to create the directory/subdirectory if it is not already
present. The file test -d does not seem to do the trick.
What's wrong with -d? It' is not a file test. It's a test if the path
There is documentation for Win32::Shortcut, but it is not distributed in
the standard way, i.e. as POD in the .pm file or as a separate file, so
you have to look a bit harder.
When you search for Win32::Shortcut on search.cpan.org you would have
seen that it is part of the libwin32 package. If
For the benefit of all, Win32::Shortcut seems to work still, at least
on W2K. Maybe the work has stopped, cause I'm facing the following
issues:
1. The required folders are not automatically created when Save() is
used. This is minor and can be solved by called File::Path::mkpath()
first.
2.
Can anyone get me started on how to check the date/time stamp of a file
and compare it to the current day? I imagine this type of simple task is
a no-brainer for almost everyone on this list. Poking back through my
book a bit now. All pointers to more info much appreciated.
stats() will give
Paul wrote:
Hi
I was trying to load the DBI module by using PPM and I
am getting an error
C:\ppm install DBI
Installing package 'DBI'...
Error installing package 'DBI': Could not locate a PPD
file for package DBI
I am behind a firewall. So is there is way to get
around that
Have you tried:
Hi all,
I'm trying to 'water down' a utf8-encoded to latin-1. Using
Encode::encode does the trick, and it replaces character that do not fit
into latin-1 with a subtitution character (as per the documentation)
Can anyone tell me how I can change this character to something else,
like a ' '?
Hi all,
Does anyone know if it is possible for a thread to create its own child
threads? All the threads that are created seem to be tied to the main
thread, regardless of the thread they were created from.
I've tried:
threads-self-create
But it's no go either. Complete test code is
Well, the two files in question are not huge. They each have one
class. What's the difference between require-ing them later, and
use-ing them later? Why is it more difficult to require them?
I don't think it's more difficult to call a require(), use() helps in
the bigger scheme of
OK, looking at 'perlnewmod', it has a section called 'What should I
make into a module?', which states:
You should make a module out of any code that you think is going to
be useful to others.
That settles my question. The classes I have written for this project
are specific to this
Rajesh Vattem wrote:
Hi,
I am looking for ways to read a COM port (USB and baud rate 115200). Can
some one advise me which is the efficient way to do this.
I don't think USB access is available yet.
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Thanks for your reply. But supposing I'm going to keep each class in
it's own file, what is the advantage of making that file a module?
Doesn't that just let me import the methods of the class into my own
namespace, from another file? That would be weird - they're supposed
to be methods
Please ignore this thread. I forgot to do this:
use Error qw(:try);
Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
Hello all,
I'm trying to learn exception handling using Error.pm (as recommended
by perl.com). Trouble is, I can't seem to get it right. Below (and
attached) is my source code in full:
use strict;
use
LeFevre, Ken wrote:
I created a program using ActiveState's perl 5.8.4, compiled it using
perlapp 5.3.0 and ran it on Windows 2000 Professional SP4 against
Outlook 2000 SR-1 (9.0.0.3821). It runs properly both from a command
prompt and as a scheduled task. I released it into production on
Hello all,
I'm trying to learn exception handling using Error.pm (as recommended by
perl.com). Trouble is, I can't seem to get it right. Below (and
attached) is my source code in full:
use strict;
use warnings;
use Error;
$|=1;
try
{
print before throw\n;
if (1)
{
print
If you don't get satisfactory answers here, try the PAR mailing list. (See
http://lists.cpan.org .) I think (not sure) that various aspects of PerlApp
vs PAR have been covered previously on the PAR list - so you might find
something in that list's archive.
Thanks Rob.
Thanks for spotting
Hi all,
I'm considering using PerlApp to package my application into an easily
distributable executable. Comparing PerlApp with PAR, I find that:
1. PerlApp's .exe file is usually smaller than PAR. It can even be less
than 1MB, which is almost impossible for PAR.
2. PerlApp packages
Hi all,
I use PAR to create the executable Perl files. Most of the time it
works. But when using the threads library, it seems to fail.
I tried to compile the simplest code that replicates this error:
use strict;
use warnings;
use threads;
print Hello world!;
The error is:
'The procedure
Hello Rob,
Thanks for the verification. I will redo the tests and see if the
problem persists. Damn.
Sisyphus wrote:
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From: Foo Ji-Haw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Packaging
ActiveState (same version
number, btw). The package failed again.
Odd though. Aren't all repositories the same? Maybe Jan can shed some
light on this.
Sisyphus wrote:
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From: Foo Ji-Haw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent: Tuesday
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone is working with ithreads (not the old threading
model). If so, how do you discover dead threads? Hope you can share your
experiences. Thanks.
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Hi all,
Just want to share my findings on using 0.90 of the PAR module.
I've had some problems packaging the following code:
use strict;
use warnings;
use threads;
print Hello world!;
The problem seems to come from the threads module. But Rob (Sisyphus)
confirmed that the same code works on
In general, they *are* pretty much the same. However, PAR ppm's have been a
little fussy of late. I haven't seen that exact error that you reported, but
I've seen a similar error when a PAR built using perl 5.8.6 was used on perl
5.8.7 (and/or vice versa). That's why I specified Randy's PAR-587
Hon Shi wrote:
Has anyone used the http mods to interact with the
outlook web interface? Just a link to a few examples would
be nice. Was it stright forward?
(have to read mail with given subject lines and detach files)
Thanks
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John Serink wrote:
Ok, if you're using sockets I strongly recommend you ALWAYS using
sysread and syswrite as they baypass standard IO buffereing.
Be careful with sysread, it cand and will return partial reads, you MUST
be prepared for that.
Unless you want your program to block on sysread,
Hi all,
Thanks to John and Bill, I've managed to get my socket disconnect
detection working.
I'd like to share my check code with all:
my $BytesRead = $sock-sysread($buffer,1024);
if (!defined($BytesRead))
{
print WARNING: Connection lost!\n;
exit;
Hi all, I have the same issue (see subject title) as Trever in the
mailing list. Unfortunately reading through the mailing list archive it
seems that his problem was not resolved. I'm hoping to have better luck
with you guys. :)
Basically, I need to know if my IO::Socket::INET socket
Hi all,
I just purchased this book last week, and I will like to recommend this
book to all Perl developers striving for Guru-ship. And no, I don't get
commision for this (so I won't divulge much either).
It's an excellent book that does NOT talk about Perl the language, but
rather how to
' version 0.22 in ActivePerl 5.8.7.813.
Error: Can't call method list_files on an undefined value at
C:/Alcatel/ThirdParty/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Archive/Tar.pm line 31.
I tried 5.8.6 as well, but both return the same error message. Please
advise.
Reinhard Pagitsch wrote:
Foo Ji
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
Hi all,
It seems that either the site hosting the a/m ppd is down or the file is
missing. Anyone has any ideas what's going on? Whom can I alert?
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Hi all,
I just found out about Audiere, and from the specs it looks really cool.
Unfortunately, the documentation suggests that one compiles the source
code to get it working on Windows.
Has anyone any success on this matter (ie getting Audiere to work on
Windows/ ActivePerl)? If so, please
$String = 'Integration Test Lead: \ul\b0 \tab\tab\tab Kimberly
Kim\tab\tab\tab\tab\tab\tab \par';
How would I extract Kimberly Kim from the string using regular
expression. Is there a way using expression to skip \[characters] (
like \tab ) and search for only real words, maybe between
When I use mysql+perl, the only time I get a similar error, is when I
have threads that connect to the server. If I am not mistaken, the mysql
dbd driver is not thread-safe.
Hope this helps.
Ed Bachmann wrote:
Windows XP is intermittantly shutting down perl with this message,
in a big,
My impression is that you could also download the Win32 binary:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/audiere/audiere-1.9.3-win32.zip?download
The binary comes only with python and java samples, but no perlalas!
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If you didn't install ActivePerl, chances are you will have problems
running ppm, although running perl will be fine. I don't know what is
the cause, but I think it is either:
1. missing registry settings
2. different directory location
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I hear some people around
Hello Glenn,
Maybe the better approach is to create the Windows Media Player ActiveX
object, and play MP3s from it, since you're staying exclusively on the
Windows platform. If it can be done on VB, I am sure it is possible on
ActivePerl as well.
Glenn Linderman wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking
I've not had much problems with the digest, even on mp2. This is a wild
shot, but have you tried the OO version of the digest:
$sha1 = Digest::SHA1-new;
$sha1-add($data);
$digest = $sha1-hexdigest;
Wiswell, Virginia wrote:
Has anyone else ever experienced inconsistencies in digest creation
Hello all,
I am trying to read from a socket connection, a text string if any.
Problem is, the text string does not end with a CR. Socket connection is
ok. Below is my code snippet:
...
my $buffer;
$sock-blocking(0);
while (my $count = $sock-read($buffer,512))
{
print $buffer;
}
The
Don't know if this works, but have you tried:
$string = 1\\.2\\.3;
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From: Wong, Danny H. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jan Dubois
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; perl-win32-users
perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:28
Hi all,
I need to access the Address Book in Outlook
Express (and Outlook too, if possible), possibly via MAPI. Is there any kind
soul who can share his/ her success with me? Code snippets should be good
enough!
Thanks.
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I guess Perl's threading is not quite complete as of 5.8.x. But with forking
it is possible to kill a child process?
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To: ajpeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Perl Win32 mail list perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Sent:
Hello Scott,
Is 3.0002 the thread-safe version of the dbd?
Scott Campbell wrote:
ActiveState, is it possible for you to update your DBD-mysql module to
the latest (available via PPM)?
Currently you have 2.9008, while 3.0002 is the latest.
If anyone desires the latest, Randy Kobes has it at
Hi all,
I thought I can hit a nice milestone today, but it seems that I have hit
a strange obstacle instead.
In my tests, the following code will run, but when it terminates an
error message will be shown.
use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI;
use threads;
doIt();
doIt();
sub doIt
{
my $dbh
with Perl v5.8.7 and had the same prroblem as you, on
the 2nd doIt Perl crashes.
I also found out that Perl crashes in the DBI.pm sub disconnect_all.
Removing use threads; it works.
regards,
Reinhard
Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
Hello Reinhard,
I am using 5.8.6 of ActivePerl. Thanks for checking out
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