I have recently started setting up an E-System. The Website is now ODBC controled. SSL is up and running. The client side apps are allmost ready. However I neded some help. The client side apps will be distributed world wide. So I need An install program. For this I have 3 questions.

1. How can I make Perl except long file/directory names?
Example: If (!-e C:\\My Long Directory Name\\My Long File Name.ext){ print "File not exist!\n"; }

2. How Do I create a windows link (a .lnk file) using perl?

3. How do I find out the name/location of Windows system stuff?
Example the Windows Directory is not the norm of C:\windows. Instead the Windows Directory is D:\WinSysFiles. Or, lets say I need to get the path to use If I want to add a link to the Start Menu.

Can perll to these functions? If so, how? Any help would be GREAT! :)

In reply to Perl & Window's system stuff: Can they get along? by akm2

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