From: richardd AT cix DOT compulink DOT co DOT uk (Richard Donkin) Subject: Re: more questions on porting perl to NT 12 Dec 1996 08:44:58 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Reply-To: richardd AT cix DOT compulink DOT co DOT uk Original-To: epeschko AT elmer DOT tci DOT com Original-Cc: richardd AT cix DOT compulink DOT co DOT uk, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <199612112018 DOT NAA15654 AT aitsun95 DOT tci DOT com> > hey -- > > I had a few more questions about porting perl to NT via gnu-win32. > > If the unix distribution were to be compiled with gcc (via > Configure/Make), then > how would this integrate with the windows modules there: > > (ie: OLE and ODBC ) > > Can gnu do object linking and embedding, or include the dll's necessary to > do > so? (forgive my ignorance -- I'm not exactly sure how to do OLE myself > yet) Gnu-Win32 does not support OLE etc but presumably you could call the DLLs yourself. You might be able to borrow some modules from the Perl for Win32 distribution, which includes OLE functionality and other Win32 specific stuff. You would need to talk to ActiveWare about this, depending on their license, but I think it is covered by the Perl license - see www.activeware.com. ODBC functionality does not need any changes to perl, just get hold of ODBC.pm from CPAN. Works fine with 32 bit ODBC drivers, includes a Perl extension module to do the ODBC calls. There may also be some DBI::* stuff by now, check CPAN and the Perl-DBI list. You should also talk to Nick Ing-Simmons, who is looking at porting perl to Gnu-Win32 and posted here recently, and get onto the Perl5-Porters list and check there for other people doing Gnu-Win32 or other Win32 ports. Richard -- richardd AT cix DOT compulink DOT co DOT uk http://www.inside-edge.co.uk/ Inside Edge Consultancy Client/Server and Internet Applications PGP key from: pgp-public-keys AT keys DOT pgp DOT net -or- http://www.four11.com/ - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".