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Subject:	RE: Need help with Perl/Tk
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:08:43 -0000
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On 13 December 2007 14:55, Andrew DeFaria wrote:

>> (When it comes to DynaLoader you gotta learn to read the fine print
>> and make intuitive leaps :-)
> Yes but it did indeed state "No such file or directory...". Would it be
> that hard for DynaLoader.pm to mention exactly which file it was looking
> for?

  Yes, it would, because that information is not exposed to the application; you
just call LoadLibrary, and if you get a file not found error back, there's no
way to determine if it was the library DLL itself or one of the dependent DLLs
that windows couldn't find.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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