AdvNotify : wrapping up problem

[Foggy Bottoms]

Hi all, I've been using AdvNotify for a while now on WinNT and I wanted to test it under Win98. Unfortunately, I can't seem to be able to access the repository where it's stored in order to install it.
How can I install it then ?

Secondly, I would've liked to wrap it up in a .dll file as an activeX component. But, "alas", once wrapped, it only works with Win2k but neither with WinNT or Win98... I reckon it's due to the length of the file name (advnotify = 9 letters long). Has anyone ever come across such a problem ?

Perhaps some of you have already tried AdvNotify with Win98. Does it work properly ? Have you noticed any problems ? It works beautifully both win NT and 2k. My hope is that it does as well with Win98.

Thanks for your help...

[BrowserUk]

A quick 'strings' of AdvNotify.dll displays the text "AdvNotify requires MS Windows NT Version 4 or higher".

With regard to providing the functionality via a ActiveX component, the code that does all the work is the dll above, which is being accessed via native Win32::API, which translates to the LoadLibraryA/GetProcAddress/FreeLibrary native apis. It would therefore make much more sense to bypass perl and write the ActiveX component to go directly to the AdvNotify.dll. The dll carries the owners copyright so you wouldn't be cheating the owner, but you should read the attached licence very carefully and/or contact the author, Amine Moulay Ramdane, to get his take on you doing this.

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[Foggy Bottoms]

So it does... That's bad news indeed. As for the wrapping-up itself, it does seem like your way's the best and the more logical... You've helped me quite many times, BrowserUk, thanks so much...