======================================================================== NAME Win32-HostExplorer Automate telnet using Hummingbird HostExplorer and interact with the presentation space. ======================================================================== DESCRIPTION The Win32::HostExplorer module provides an object-oriented interface and methods to interact with the HostExplorer presentation space. ======================================================================== 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(); ======================================================================== REQUIREMENTS This module requires Perl 5.8.8.817 (or later), Win32::OLE, and IO::File: ======================================================================== 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.