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NAME
Win32-HostExplorer
Automate telnet using Hummingbird HostExplorer and interact with the
presentation space.
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DESCRIPTION
The Win32::HostExplorer module provides an object-oriented interface and
methods to interact with the HostExplorer presentation space.
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SYNOPSIS
use Win32::HostExplorer;
# Create new instance of HostExplorer
my $obj = Win32::HostExplorer->new( debug => 3, logfile => $log_file );
# Print the first line, last line
print $obj->title_row(), "\n";
print $obj->status_row(), "\n";
# Retrieve lines 2 and 7 through 12
my @array = $obj->show_lines( 2, 7..12 );
# Search lines 7 through 9 for the pattern
$obj->match_pattern( '.*money\s+(\S+)', 7..9 );
# Position cursor on row 7, column 11
my ( $row, $col ) = $obj->cursor_pos( 7, 11 );
# Send text to row/column 7,1
$obj->field_input( 7, 1, 'raw silk' );
# Execute function key 'F1' within terminal
$obj->f1();
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REQUIREMENTS
This module requires Perl 5.8.8.817 (or later), Win32::OLE,
and IO::File:
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INSTALLATION
To install this module, run the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION
After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Win32::HostExplorer
You can also look for information at:
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Win32-HostExplorer
CPAN Request Tracker:
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Win32-HostExplorer
AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation:
http://annocpan.org/dist/Win32-HostExplorer
CPAN Ratings:
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Win32-HostExplorer
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2007 George Kevin Hathorn
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
