Venerable Monks,

I have the notion to create a shell like environment on Win32 which should include the following features (in no particular order)
* Command History
* Multi-line command input
* Enable editing of multi-line statements retrieved from history
* Encryption/Decryption of password file entries
* Flowthru of DOS commands from shell
* Enable predefined commands to be easily added to shell
* Enable predefined query execution with single command
* Enable ad-hoc query execution
* Enable multiple active ODBC connections and the ability to switch between them
* Enable ODBC auto logon using password lookup from external file

Username and host system to be extracted from command like:-

SYSTEMA:USERNAME:Select * from a_database.some_table limit 10;

* Change prompts to reflect database server which is active at the command line
* Many other things I've not yet though of

If this looks like a stream of consciousness it's because it is. Some of these things may not be viable but I can envisage a tool that would make my life a lot easier.

I have looked at the numerous Term::Readline and Term::Shell modules but am unable to ascertain which one may serve me best, I'd like to avoid reinventing anything that someone else has done far better that I ever could!

Does anyone have experience with any of these shell construction modules that they could share?

Many Thanks,

TeraMarv.

In reply to Which Module for Win32 Shell by TeraMarv

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