Re: Write module with own dll.

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Re^2: Write module with own dll. by Anonymous Monk on Aug 05, 2008 at 07:45 UTC
The problem is i need to roll out this "module" on X machines. Is it possible to handle this with ppd? I wont be able to log on to every machine and place a copy of the dll in the perl directory. Thanks for your help and fast reply ...	[reply]
Re^3: Write module with own dll. by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 05, 2008 at 08:00 UTC
Personally, I would leave distribution of files to whatever mechanism is in place for administrating the machines you have, but I understand that this is not always possible. I don't use PPD, so I don't know how it specifies files that should go into the `bin` directory of the Perl distribution. From reading some documentation on LoadLibrary, Windows also looks in the current directory to load a DLL, so you could change to the directory and then try to load the DLL through Win32::API. I haven't tried that myself. If all else fails, you have to look how DynaLoader does its magic on Win32.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Write module with own dll. by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 05, 2008 at 10:10 UTC
Is it possible to handle this with ppd? Yes - for an example of how this is usually done see the ppd file for Crypt::SSLeay at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Crypt-SSLeay.ppd. Note the `<INSTALL EXEC .... </INSTALL>` command and the install script that it calls (which installs the 2 SSL dll's) at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/scripts/install_ssl. Another alternative to that is to place the dll in the blib/script directory of the ppm binary - in which case the dll will automatically be placed in perl/site/bin (unless there are permissions issues which forbid it). Update: Actually, it might go into perl/bin, not perl/site/bin ... not sure offhand. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Write module with own dll. by Anonymous Monk on Aug 05, 2008 at 10:37 UTC
Great ... thanks for you help, i´ll give it a try.	[reply]