Re: Re: Re: Re: Where can I find Win32::AdvNotify

[Foggy Bottoms]

Yes I did acquire a copy from the idnopheq repository but in the meantime I upgraded to Perl 5.8. This caused my program to crash (ie Mr Watson dropped in on me) even before it started. I thought at first that Win32::GUI was the cause to all my trouble, but reinstalling it didn't solve anything - I then reinstalled Win32::OLE and any other suspicious-looking package until I wanted to reinstall AdvNotify
A first problem arose when I realized that the commands given to install the new repository were correct in Perl 5.6's ppm but not in the latest one, and then after I'd installed the repository, it still didn't find the file...
I finally managed to download a copy, change a couple things and install it using my local drive as a repository.

Then finally it worked !!! Or almost... Now I'm trying to solve another problem - it seems like in Perl 5.8 there's a maximum length for GUI widgets - but that's another problem, probably a new node anytime soon.

Your link is broken because Geocities considered whoever hosted this file to have breached the user's terms and agreement contract...

See you round BrowserUK,
David.

[BrowserUk]

That's a pain. It almost seems like the author is attempting to remove AdvNotify from the public domain. Each time I have found a source, it rapidly disappears from view?

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Examine what is said, not who speaks.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller
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[Foggy Bottoms]

Have a go at this repository : http://www.if.insa-lyon.fr/eleves/dbrossar/perl/
You can also type it in IE6 directly to download the package.
It's my personal webspace so it'll stay there for quite a while !

[BrowserUk]

Thanks, but I've had my copy for ages:). I also keep the .tar.gz or zip files for packages I use regularly so that I have them available for re-install when I upgrade perl.

I'm also not sure about the legality of your making the module available from your webspace either. Both the .pm and the accompaning .dll carry (unusuallyfor a perl module) a copyright to the author, all rights reserved. Not the usual GPL or Artistic licence. Hence why I didn't make my copy available. I got from the authors own website, so I assume it okay for me to have it and use it, but I think it would be dodgey to start distributing it.

Risking the wrath (again) of the morons that knee-jerk about things that they don't understand. What I said earlier about it appearing that the author is withdrawing the code from the public domain still stands. I've done a fairly intensive search of the net via google and a couple of others and it does not appear to be available publicly anywhere, anymore! As recently as a couple of weeks ago there were at least three places where it could be obtained.

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Examine what is said, not who speaks.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller
If I understand your problem, I can solve it! Of course, the same can be said for you.