Active Perl Developer's Guide

Name: Active Perl Developer's Guide
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ISBN: 9780072123395

ISBN-10: 0072123397

ISBN-13: 9780072123395

Edition: 2000

Authors: Martin Brown

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ActivePerl is the distribution of Perl that allows for cross-platform scripting with Windows, Linux and Solaris. This book enables both Perl and Microsoft programmers to develop powerful, real-world scripts with ActivePerl.

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 700
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.388
Language: English

Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
ActivePerl Introduction	p. 1
Introduction and Background	p. 3
Why Use Perl?	p. 4
Why Use Perl on Windows?	p. 7
Perl History	p. 8
Perl Win32 History	p. 8
ActiveState Tools	p. 10
Comparing Perl to Other Languages	p. 12
Using Perl for Windows	p. 19
Installing Perl on Windows	p. 20
Running Perl Scripts	p. 25
Data and File Formats	p. 26
Executing External Programs	p. 29
Determining Host Information	p. 30
Function Support	p. 32
The Base Win32 Library	p. 33
Using Function Overloading	p. 41
Programming with the Win32 Library	p. 43
Database Access	p. 45
Variable-Length (Delimited) Databases	p. 47
Fixed-Length Databases	p. 48
DBM	p. 52
The ODBC Database Interface	p. 64
ODBC Overview	p. 65
Setting Up an ODBC Database	p. 67
Database Terminology	p. 71
SQL Refresher	p. 72
Using OLE Automation	p. 110
File Management	p. 111
Deleting and Renaming Files	p. 115
Making and Removing Directories	p. 117
File Globbing	p. 117
Reading Directories	p. 119
Cross-Platform Pathnames	p. 120
Getting File Information	p. 121
The-X Tests	p. 121
Shortcuts	p. 138
File Locking	p. 147
Monitoring Directory Changes	p. 149
Opening and Using Files	p. 152
File and IO Control	p. 155
Process Management	p. 157
Running External Programs	p. 160
Creating New Processes	p. 163
Process Control	p. 179
Accessing the Environment	p. 179
Interprocess Communication	p. 187
Using the Win32 IPC Libraries	p. 188
Using Pipes	p. 195
Migrating from the System V IPC Functions	p. 206
Other Forms of IPC	p. 207
Networking	p. 209
Using Standard Sockets	p. 210
CPAN Toolkits	p. 225
Managing Shared Resources	p. 243
Systems Information and Administration	p. 253
Error Handling	p. 255
Accessing the Registry	p. 256
Accessing the Windows NT Logs	p. 263
Monitoring Windows NT Performance	p. 266
Controlling Windows NT Services	p. 267
System Administration	p. 273
Web Development	p. 313
Fundamentals	p. 314
The CGI Module	p. 328
Developing with Perl for ISAPI/WSAPI	p. 338
PerlEx	p. 342
PerlScript	p. 343
Interface Development	p. 353
Text Interfaces	p. 355
Using Tk	p. 382
Beyond Compatibility	p. 425
Win32::Clipboard	p. 426
Using Win32::Sound	p. 427
Automation and Data Sharing Using OLE	p. 430
ActivePerl Development Tools	p. 455
Perl Package Managers	p. 457
Perl Package Manager	p. 458
Visual Package Manager	p. 469
ActiveState Perl Debugger	p. 477
The Debugger Interface	p. 478
Executing Statements	p. 485
Bookmarks	p. 491
Using Tools	p. 491
Creating Standalone Applications	p. 495
PerlApp	p. 496
Visual Basic Migration Guide	p. 503
A Difference of Approach	p. 505
Perl's Approach	p. 508
Compilation versus Interpretation	p. 509
Perl Basics	p. 510
Further Reading	p. 512
Variables, Operators, and Statements	p. 513
Variables	p. 514
Operators	p. 536
Loops and Control Statements	p. 543
Functions, Modules, and Object Orientation	p. 553
Functions	p. 554
Packages	p. 563
Variable Scope	p. 571
Objects	p. 573
Manipulating Data	p. 587
Error Handling	p. 588
Working with Files	p. 591
Working with Strings	p. 605
Regular Expressions	p. 612
Translation	p. 625
Appendixes	p. 629
Resource Guide	p. 631
Online Documentation	p. 631
Other Applications	p. 632
Printed Material	p. 632
Web Resources	p. 634
FTP Sites	p. 636
Mailing Lists	p. 636
Newsgroups	p. 638
Tk Quick Reference	p. 641
The Basic Widget Set	p. 641
Screen Units	p. 642
Generic Methods and Properties	p. 642
Widget Geometry	p. 659
Visual Basic/Perl Function and Operator Migration References	p. 663
Beep	p. 677
Perl Function Reference	p. 773
Windows Error Concepts and Descriptions	p. 831
Standard Error Codes	p. 831
Clipboard Errors	p. 858
OLE/COM Errors	p. 859
Registry Errors	p. 866
Remote Procedure Call Errors	p. 866
Storage (File System) Errors	p. 872
Data Type Conversion/Naming Errors	p. 872
Index	p. 877
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