Win32::GuiTest module

I couldn't make out who the maintainer(s) of the above module is ... having just downloaded and built it, I thought they (the maintainer(s)) would like to know that, using the the Strawberry Perl distribution, it built cleanly first time on a Win2K machine. It failed dmake test first time of asking, but all subsequent dmake test runs passed.

Once I've got the hang of driving it, I'll submit a fuller review ...

Rgds to all

At last, a user level that best describes my experience :-))

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Re: Win32::GuiTest module by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on Nov 25, 2007 at 14:35 UTC
Determining the maintainer is easy :) You can report a module issue at CPAN RT. The author will automatically get mail about it. If you encounter a porblem, that's where you should report it (although chekc the docs for other preferences). Very few CPAN authors read Perlmonks looking for bug reports. Look at CPAN Search for that module (Win32::GuiTest). CPAN Search collects a lot of module meta data in one place. You'll find lots of interesting stuff. Read the module documentation (perhaps using `perldoc`). The maintainers are usually listed at the end of the docs. If you have a PAUSE account (although most Perl users don't), there is a "View Permissions" tool that can search by author or module The `cpan` tool that comes with CPAN.pm (which comes with Perl) has a `-D` switch to show module details. Note that the module names are case sensitive: `$ cpan -D Win32::GuiTest Win32::GuiTest -------------------------------------------------------------- SendKeys, FindWindowLike and more K/KA/KARASIK/Win32-GuiTest-1.54.tar.gz Installed: CPAN: 1.54 Not up to date Dmitry Karasik (KARASIK) dmitry@karasik.eu.org` [download] Good luck :) -- brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com> Subscribe to The Perl Review	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Win32::GuiTest module by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 25, 2007 at 16:15 UTC
It compiled cleanly on Activestate Perl 5.8.8 (with MinGW installed) as well. Some tests returned an error due to my computer using "," rather than "." for the decimal point. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]