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The program I was going to write (I wouldn't spend the time on it unless I was sure it would be worthwhile) was going to be a link between an online database (for more info, GMS(Might be down, server is moving)) and a users computer, so that people in a hurry wouldn't need to go through the web-interface.

I have studied the Tk module enough to think I could make what I needed with it, given some time, but since it would be distributed to people that probably don't have perl...

The problems with TK were mentioned in perlfaq3 I think.. or it could be something else I read...

But, what's this Win32::GUI? I've never heard of it.
(Yes, it's Win32 that the program would need to run on)


"Wierd things happen, get used to it"

Flame ~ Lead Programmer: GMS
http://gms.uoe.org
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is it possible to compile a Perl program into a .exe?
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Sep 02, 2001 at 17:44 UTC

    Have a look at Win32::GUI and do a Super Search for "Win32 GUI" in text and title.

    cheers

    tachyon

    s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

      I installed Win32::GUI into my copy of ActivePerl... now I'm running into another problem... no POD... heh. It appears all the documentation is held within # comments throughout the module... not very readable...


      "Wierd things happen, get used to it"

      Flame ~ Lead Programmer: GMS
      http://gms.uoe.org

        Dude, this is Perl. The most powerful text munging language on earth. You want pod. You got pod. Just paste the module into the data section (as shown) and let her rip. Not the prettiest pod ever but it's all there. You can probably pretty it up some more if you want:

        while ( <DATA> ) { next unless /^\s*#/; s/#//; next if /^\s*$/; if (/####/) { print "\n\n=head1 "; next; } s/^\s*(?=\(@\))//; print } print "\n=cut" __DATA__ ###################################################################### +######### # # Win32::GUI - Perl-Win32 Graphical User Interface Extension # # 29 Jan 1997 by Aldo Calpini <dada@perl.it> # # Version: 0.0.558 (15 Jan 2001) # # Copyright (c) 1997..2001 Aldo Calpini. All rights reserved. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. # ###################################################################### +######### [yabada yabada]

        cheers

        tachyon

        s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print