perl and DCOM?

d_i_r_t_y has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is it possible to make and receive calls to win32 machines using microsoft's DCOM protocol? mr google won't give me a straight answer...
if indeed possible, can anyone relate their experiences with it? if DCOM calls to/from perl are not possible, has anyone had positive experiences with making calls to microsoft's implementation of a SOAP server? any/all feedback much appreciated...

cheers,
matt

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Re: perl and DCOM? by strat (Canon) on Mar 25, 2002 at 11:55 UTC
My knowledge about DCOM is rather vague, but as nobody has yet given an answer to you, maybe this could help you... If it something like OLE, you could access it with the Perl-Module Win32::OLE. If it is a method or the like in a .dll, you could propably access it the Module Win32::API But maybe, there exists just a module which is easier to use. What do you want to do? Best regards, perl -le "s==F=e=>y~\martinF~stronat~=>s~[^\w]~~g=>chop,print"	[reply]
Re: perl and DCOM? by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Mar 25, 2002 at 17:30 UTC
The only difference between using DCOM to work with a remote object and working with a local object is the syntax of the object name supplied to Win32::OLE - you should be able to find this out from the microsoft documentation for DCOM. /J\	[reply]
Re: perl and DCOM? by trs80 (Priest) on Mar 26, 2002 at 03:13 UTC
The ActiveState PDK for windows comes with PerlCOM. The docs say, "The PerlCOM COM object, PerlCOM.Script, is fully DCOM-aware, and can be launched from a remote machine." You can find out more about the PDK at: http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/?_x=1	[reply]