Strawberry Perl (Forever?)

• resources
  • win32.perl.org — the win32 wiki
  • Using Perl on Win32 for Fun and Profit
  • Windows GUI programming FAQ
• lists of modules available
  • included in ActivePerl: libwin32, more complete list
• specific module packages
  • Win32
  • Win32:GUI (sourceforge, sf docs, cpan, author, author docs)
• Specific tips
  • on NT/XP/2K/etc, ansi.sys can be enabled, but only for command.exe, not for cmd.exe. Win32::Console::ANSI will let you do it in cmd.exe though.

Examples

Alert()/MsgBox()

use Win32;

Win32::MsgBox("Hello World....  I can see you from in here!", 1, "random title");