Embedding live Perl code into AutoIt3

[thomasl]

(I recently posted this bit over in the Scripts and Scraps forum but it seems that here would be a more appropriate place as it's not really a script.)

I have stitched together an interface library (basically a DLL) to embed live Perl code into AU3 scripts. More details and a fully working package, including all source code, an example and the Perl DLL itself (which means there's no need to install Perl), are here: http://thomaslauer.com/comp/Calling_Perl

See also this thread in Scripts and Scraps.

[nfwu]

The Scripts and Scraps was the more appropriate place. Here is for Support.

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[Valery_6]

(I recently posted this bit over in the Scripts and Scraps forum but it seems that here would be a more appropriate place as it's not really a script.)

I have stitched together an interface library (basically a DLL) to embed live Perl code into AU3 scripts. More details and a fully working package, including all source code, an example and the Perl DLL itself (which means there's no need to install Perl), are here: http://thomaslauer.com/comp/Calling_Perl

See also this thread in Scripts and Scraps.

Hello, Tomasl!

Thank you for your Perl's DLL.

Would you like to be member of AutoItList group on Yahoo?

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/autoitlist/

It will be great to read about your zillion ideas. This group has above 4000 members - AutoIt lovers from day of it's creation - more than 30,000 messages.

Sincerely,

Valery Ivanov

PS I registered here specially for this message, only.

[thomasl]

The Scripts and Scraps was the more appropriate place. Here is for Support.

Yeah, that's Murphy #3245: wherever you post, it's wrong

[jpm]

Yeah, that's Murphy #3245: wherever you post, it's wrong

but Murphy #-3245 put you back in the suitable forum

[piccaso]

cant perlxx.dll be called directly?

[thomasl]

cant perlxx.dll be called directly?

Of course it can. In theory, what the C code does could be done with some well-crafted AU3 code as well.

In practice, it's not that easy. There are a number of reasons why I decided against direct calls to PERLxx.DLL from AU3:

• it would not be as portable as using the macros #define'd in PERL.H for exactly that purpose
• it's more complicated and pretty error-prone
• it has no intrinsic advantages as the ultimate calls are routed to a DLL anyway; whether you install one or two DLLs doesn't make much of a difference (well, not to me anyway: I did this mainly for my own purposes)

However, my C code is in the public domain for a reason; you're more than welcome to translate it into AU3. The obvious starting point would be the mess the C preprocessor produces (not what I'd call a pretty sight, but there you are).

If you or anyone else wants to travel down that stony road, PM me and I can give you some more pointers.