Re: Using Win32::Console

I can’t reproduce your problem:

16:47 >perl -Mstrict -MWin32::Console -we "my $cons = new Win32::Conso
+le STD_INPUT_HANDLE;"

16:47 >
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What versions of Perl and of Win32::Console are you using? (I’m using Win32::Console version 0.10 and running 64-bit Strawberry Perl 5.26.0 under Windows 8.1.)

I am hazy on most of the object code practices.

The preferred syntax is: my $cons = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); (but I doubt that the syntax of the call to new has any bearing on the error message you are seeing).

Update: The statement my $cons = new Win32::Console STD_INPUT_HANDLE; is an example of “Indirect Object Syntax” which is documented in perlobj#Invoking-Class-Methods.

Cheers,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

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Re^2: Using Win32::Console by LloydRice (Beadle) on Apr 03, 2018 at 13:04 UTC
Actually, I tried it with and without the parens. Agreed, no bearing. I have Strawberry 5.26.0. I do not know how to get the version of Win32. I do not recall if I installed it at the same time as Perl or later. A line in \strawberry\perl\lib\win32API\File.pm says $VERSION='0.1203"; Yesterday, I downloaded the current version from CPAN. Several places there refer to version 07 April 1997. But I do not know how to install the new one. The makefile in that download does not work. Somewhere there says to run "install bat" and "test.pl", but I see no such files.	[reply]
Re^3: Using Win32::Console by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 03, 2018 at 13:25 UTC
If you want to find the version of a module from the command line: `perl -MSome::Module -le "print $Some::Module::VERSION";` [download] Or: `cpan -D Some::Module` [download] Similarly to install modules, Strawberry ships with cpanm, so to install a module and it's dependencies: `cpanm Some::Module` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Using Win32::Console by LloydRice (Beadle) on Apr 03, 2018 at 13:16 UTC
There must have been an error in my first script. I rewrote the file and it seems to be OK. Thanks for the advice.	[reply]