[perlce-user] Perl Win32::API & Serial Ports

[Paul M. <Pa...@or...>]

Hi,

Has anyone got the 5.8 build to work with Win32::API & Win32::SerialPort?

I failed, see below for my attempt.  I tried falling back to Rainers' perl56 build together with some Activestate 5.6.0 libs, and then I got Win32::API  & SerialPort working.  I'm not sure if its a Dynaloader issue with 5.8. or just a build incompatibility issue.

Regards,
Paul
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Hi,

I'm struggling to get serial ports working in PerlCE on an iPAQ.

Probably a produce of my own optimism, but I started with the perl 58
distribution for arm-ppc at perlce.sourceforge.net

I then added in the SerialPort files posted on this group. And finally I
discovered the ARM version of Win32::API posted on Rainers site.

I've installed everything in (what I believe are) the correct directories, but I
get the error:
Can't load /Storage Card/perl58m/lib/auto/Win32/API/API.dll for module
Win32::API: load_file:Error at /Storage Card/perl58m/lib/Dynaloader.pm line 72.
at \My Documents\apitest.pl line 5

This is when running the apitest.pl script. Needless to say the files are
there. Is this a Dynaloader problem?

Help! I need to get a working serial implementation on the ipaq, and I'd really
rather use Perl as thats what I have experience of.

Can anyone either assist with the above problem, or suggest a known working
installation version mix (and file locations!!).

Many thanks,

Paul.