From: richardd@cix.compulink.co.uk (Richard Donkin) Subject: Re: more questions on porting perl to NT 12 Dec 1996 08:44:58 -0800 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Reply-To: richardd@cix.compulink.co.uk Original-To: epeschko@elmer.tci.com Original-Cc: richardd@cix.compulink.co.uk, gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <199612112018.NAA15654@aitsun95.tci.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@cix.compulink.co.uk http://www.inside-edge.co.uk/ Inside Edge Consultancy Client/Server and Internet Applications PGP key from: pgp-public-keys@keys.pgp.net -or- http://www.four11.com/ - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".