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Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by simonm (Vicar) on Dec 01, 2003 at 06:11 UTC
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Yes, as suggested by the name, Win32::OLE only works on Win32 machines, not on Unix-like hosts.
Update: While this may have seemed obvious to some of us, it's worth noting that this dependency is not specifically stated in the module documentation, nor is it declared programatically via a check of $^O in the Makefile, which does seem like a correctable oversight. | [reply]
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Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by Ninthwave (Chaplain) on Dec 01, 2003 at 11:22 UTC
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Though it may be obvious to most here, as simonm pointed out in his update. No where in the module does it say it is for only Win32 systems and some win32 modules imply that they are working on working on running on across systems, even though the functionality is windows based as this quote from Win32::TieRegistry:
Win32::TieRegistry - Powerful and easy ways to manipulate a registry on Win32 for now.
But if yfou go to the base Win32 README:
This used to be a bundle of extensions that provided a quick migration path
for people wanting to use the core support for win32 in perl 5.004 and later.
With the release of Perl version 5.005 (which brings ActiveState's changes
to Perl sources into the mainstream), this library of extensions has
assumed loftier motives. The long term goal of this project is to provide
a coherent collection of modules that allow access to the functionality
provided by the Win32 API, while maintaining the style and spirit of Perl.
Like Perl, the intention is to make "easy things easy, and hard things
possible". Note that we are nowhere close to this goal at the present
time, but we are slowly getting there.
As the name suggests, all modules in this distribution are Win32-specific.
They cannot be used on platforms that do not support the Win32 API.
"No matter where you go, there you are." BB
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Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Dec 01, 2003 at 06:12 UTC
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I'd say it's a pretty safe bet to say that a module in the Win32::
name space is intended for Win32 machines only ...
NAME
Win32::OLE - OLE Automation extensions
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DESCRIPTION
This module provides an interface to OLE Automation from Perl. OLE
Automation brings VisualBasic like scripting capabilities and offers
powerful extensibility and the ability to control many Win32
applications from Perl scripts.
Now if microsoft (or someone) has all of a sudden provided OLE for linux ,
then maybe there is a remote chance Win32::OLE could work, but I doubt it.
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Win32-OLE/
=> http://testers.cpan.org/show/Win32-OLE.html (grade NA means the package does not work on this platform)
| MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!" | | I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README). | | ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy. |
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Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by ysth (Canon) on Dec 01, 2003 at 06:18 UTC
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Yes, Win32::OLE only works on windows (and not even on cygwin).
As I understand it, that error message is indicative of using a makefile designed for Microsoft's nmake with a more traditional make that requires tab characters in some places. | [reply] |
Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by Roger (Parson) on Dec 01, 2003 at 06:12 UTC
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What does the Win32 part tell you? It says that it is a Windows 32-bit module. Durrr...
That missing separator in Makefile problem was to do with the formatting of DOS makefiles.
Unix make utility expect to see a TAB character in the makefile, as illustrated below:
Makefile
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all: program
program: program.c
^ need tab here
gcc -o program program.c
^ and here
Having said that, fixing the Makefile is not going to get you any further on making Win32::OLE to work on Unix/Linux machines though.
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Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by bart (Canon) on Dec 01, 2003 at 10:40 UTC
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Since OLE is Microsoft technology, I don't get how you expected to be able to use it on Linux. After all, Win32::OLE is nothing but a Perl interface to OLE — and not some complete substitution. | [reply] |
Re: Doubt on Win32::OLE perl module
by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Dec 02, 2003 at 04:14 UTC
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While the Win32 modules are designed to work only with Win32 systems, this question made me wonder if it would work under Wine. ;-)
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is there a way to use this module on unix /linux without using wine tools etc. that create a separate environment.
i want to modify excel that contains macro...
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