I don't think there are two different WWW::Mechanize packages for Unix and Windows. There may not be a PPM for it for several reasons, though. Since LWP and LWP::Simple can do most of the same things and there's also Win32::IE::Mechanize that does the same things as WWW::Mechanize but using the IE engine it may be a lower priority to put in the PPM repositories.

ActivePerl may be able to load it through CPAN instead. It might be available in the newer repositories ActiveState just announced with more packages. Strawberry Perl may be able to use it from CPAN if ActiveState can't. There are passing reports for WWW::Mechanize tests on Windows, so someone has it working on that platform in some fashion. Perhaps someone who does more work on the Windows platform could answer more authoritatively.

In reply to Re^3: Fetching files (downloading) from the Internet (extra characters, file handles, file::fetch) by mr_mischief
in thread Fetching files (downloading) from the Internet (extra characters, file handles, file::fetch) by Anonymous Monk

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