Hi All,

I've read a FAQ that Active Perl (Windows) does not support Expect. Is this true, and if so, is there a good alternate method ??

Basically, I have a program in Windows that's interactive and has about 10 different menus. So, I would like to automate this. So for example, say that program is mytest (executable) I would like to entering the following choices (1, 2, yes, no, 5, 6, yes, yes, no, 7, 10). Each choice followed by a carriage return, of course.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all.

***UPDATE***

So, I'm guessing I can not use Expect so I guess what I need to do it make STDIN a variable in the script (if you know what I mean) ?

In reply to Using Expect in a ActivePerl envirnoment by TASdvlper

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