If you want to use OLE with Perl you need the Win32::OLE module. And you need to read the documentation that comes with it. use Win32::OLE doesn't export any variables and functions to the main namespace, so if you want easy access to the in and with functions you should load the module with A lot - Gurusamy Sarathy and then Jan Dubois redesigned the code and added a bundle of enhancements. Old scripts should run with little or no modifications.

Yes. See the documentation for the Win32::OLE module, which is included with Perl. You can use Win32::OLE to control a wide range of Win32 applications and APIs, including ADO.

From: libes (Don Libes) To: Joe McGuckin <joe@ns.via.net> Subject: Re: Need Perl examples Date: Sun, 22 Jan 95 20:17:39 EST Joe McGuckin writes: > >Yeah, I've scanned through your book a couple of times in the last >week, trying to make up my mind if I should buy it. I spent three years writing it - so I'm glad to hear you're spending a little time considering its merit! >Pro: > Looks like implementing some sort of telnet daemon would be trivial.

No. At the moment, Soupermail defines a bunch of globals, and calls explicit exits. It may be possible to make it run with mod_perl, but at the moment, I don't have time to go through it making the changes. If some kindly soul wants to do it, please feel free :) Maybe. I've personally tested under Linux, Solaris, SunOS, OpenBSD and Windows NT 4. Other folk have reported success on BSDi, FreeBSD and IRIX. Your mileage may vary with others.

Other than editing a few lines of the Soupermail script to install it, you shouldn't have to know anything about Perl to run Soupermail. All the Soupermail templates are text based, and don't rely on Perl knowledge. However, many ISPs will want to security vet any CGI that goes onto their server (and very sensible they are too for doing so), so it best that you read the Soupermail manual page well before asking your ISP to install it for you.

For a list of installed perl modules, log into your cpanel, go down to "installed perl modules" and click "click here to view". A Utility to Backup Outlook Express : Creates a backup copy of email messages, attachments, address book, list of blocked senders, identities, accounts, message rules, and signatures.

Short answer: The second one. Longer answer: the first one (Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle) is not the right one to use. It's hopelessly out of date. Use the one further down (Oracle OLE DB Provider) - it's able to handle the newer server we use.

Absolutely! You do not always need to create an ODBC Data Source to use ODBC Socket Server. By using an OLE DB Provier you can increase the speed of your application greatly. Just use the OLE DB Connection String instead of the usual ODBC Socket Server connection string. A sample OLE DB connection string is: Provider=SQLOLEDB.

The main advantage of PerlIS over perl.exe is that PerlIS runs as a DLL in the web server's process space. Because Win32 platforms set up a protected memory space for each process that is started, there's a lot of overhead in starting a new process or program. Passing scripts to an interpreter, such as perl.exe, requires starting a new process for every script, which gets expensive in terms of system resources.

Ask Microsoft, or the manufacturer of the specific application you're dealing with. In-process servers are generally much faster than executable-driven OLE servers, but are rare. For example, CorelDRAW starts up (and loads the entire program into memory) to serve an object. And, a new instance is started if Corel is already running, rather than simply calling the existing program to do the work.

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this time, the known list of companies that ship Perl includes at least the following, although some have snuck it into /usr/contrib or its moral equivalent: BSDI Comdisco Systems CONVEX Computer Corporation Crosspoint Solutions Data General Dell DRD Corporation IBM (SP systems) Intergraph Kubota Pacific Netlabs SGI (without taintperl) Univel Some companies ship it on their ''User Contributed Software Tape'', such as DEC and HP.

In release 4 of perl, the only way to do this was was to build a curseperl binary by linking in your C curses library as described in the usub subdirectory of the perl sources. This requires a modicum of work, but it will be reasonably fast since it's all in C (assuming you consider curses reasonably fast. :-) Programs written using this method require the modified curseperl, not vanilla perl, to run.

Yes, thanks to the FCGI module. Assign the script the .fcgi extension (or you could also map the fastcgi-script type using an .htaccess file). FastCGI scripts execute setuid so you can use a permission mode such as 0700 on the file.

There are four options for using TDS and Perl to connect to a Sybase or MSSQL database, DBD::Sybase, DBD::ODBC, DBD::FreeTDS, and Sybperl. DBD::Sybase is the recommended option, and yes it does work with MSSQL. You will need to install the perl DBI module and the FreeTDS package, particularly the CTLib portion. Set your SYBASE environment variable to /usr/local/freetds and install DBD::Sybase. Don't worry too much if some of the tests fail. Do worry if the module doesn't compile.