Win32 Perl Programming - The Standard Extensions, 2nd Edition - Dave Roth

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Résumé :
Win32 Perl Programming. The Standard Extensions, Second Edition, is the single most comprehensive guide to Perl's Win32 extensions available. No other source provides as much technical details, insight, and explanations as are found within these pages. Win32 system administrators, programmers, webmasters, consultants, and anyone else who uses Perl on Win32 machines will find this book invaluable. It provides vital information on using Perl's Win32 extensions that cannot be found anywhere else. With expert insight and attention to detail, author Dave Roth explores the hows, whys, and whats surrounding these mysterious extensions. If you're a Win32 or UNIX administrator, programmer, or webmaster, this book will help you : Learn how to manipulate the Registry; Determine how Perl can exploit Win32 security; Use COM and automation from Perl; Manage user and group accounts. Intended for intermediate - to advanced level users, this authoritative guide offers instruction on : Interacting with ODBC to access any database; Discovering how to call into any DLL library; Manipulating files and finding file version information; Creating and synchronizing processes; Writing your own extensions with step-by-step instruction.

Biographie:
Dave Roth has been programming since 1981 in languages from assembler to C++ and from Pascal to Perl. He authors the monthly Progressive Perl for Windows column for Windows Scripting Solutions and is a technical editor for Windows 2000 Magazine. Dave has authored such popular Win32 Perl extensions as in32::ODBC,Win32::Perms,Win32:: Daemon,Win32::AdminMisc, and Win32::Pipe. This is Dave's third book on Win32 Perl programming. Dave's code is used by organizations as diverse as Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Defense, Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Paper, Hewlett-Packard, Metagenix, Radcom, and various colleges and universities. Formerly, Dave helped assemble and administer a WAN for the State of Michigan, and has designed and administered LANs for Ameritech and Michigan State University.

Sommaire:

• Why Perl on your Win32 machine ?
• Network administration
• Administration of machines
• File management
• Automation
• Communication
• Data Access
• Processes
• Console, sound and administrative Win32 extensions
• Writing your own extension
• Security
• Common Mistakes and Troubleshooting