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# Win32::Internet - Perl Module for Internet Extensions # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# This module creates an object oriented interface to the Win32 # Internet Functions (WININET.DLL).
#
# Version: 0.083 (15 Apr 2008)
# by Aldo Calpini <dada@perl.it>
#
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Manifest

^^^^^^^^^ The file Win32Internet-0.08.zip contains:

README
README.TXT
TEST.PL
TEST-ASYNC.PL
INTERNET.PM
INTERNET.PLL.110
INTERNET.PLL.30x
DOCS\APPEND.HTML
DOCS\INDEX.HTML
DOCS\INTRO.HTML
DOCS\LICENSE.HTML
DOCS\REFERENCE.HTML
DOCS\TOC.HTML
SOURCE\INTERNET.CPP
SOURCE\INTERNET.DEF
SOURCE\INTERNET.MAK
SOURCE\INTERNET300.MAK
SOURCE\README.TXT

(be sure to have unzipped it with LONG FILE NAMES and PATHS)

What's New
^^^^^^^^^^
Changes from version 0.07 are:

. fixed 2 more bugs in Option(s) related subs (thanks to Brian Helterline!).

. Error() now gets error messages directly from WININET.DLL.

. The PLL file now comes in 2 versions, one for Perl version

      5.001 (build 100) and one for Perl version 5.003 (build 300
      and higher). Everybody should be happy now :) 

. added an installation program.

Installation Instructions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1. Make sure you have somewhere in your Windows directory the file WININET.DLL (it comes with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0).
2. Run the INSTALL.BAT program.
3. Run the TEST.PL script to see if everything works.
4. Have fun.

Functions Overview
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
General Functions:

CanonicalizeURL, Close, CombineURL, ConnectBackoff, ConnectRetries, ConnectTimeout, ControlReceiveTimeout, ControlSendTimeout, CrackURL, CreateURL, DataReceiveTimeout, DataSendTimeout, Error, FetchURL, FTP, GetResponse, GetStatusCallback, HTTP, new, OpenURL, Password, QueryDataAvailable, QueryOption, ReadEntireFile, ReadFile, SetOption, SetStatusCallback, TimeConvert, UserAgent, Username, Version

FTP Functions:

Ascii, Binary, Cd, Delete, Get, List, Mode, Mkdir, Put, Pwd, Rename, Rmdir

HTTP Functions:

AddHeader, OpenRequest, QueryInfo, Request, SendRequest

Documentation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Complete documentation for this package is in the file DOCS\INDEX.HTML.

On-line
^^^^^^^
You can always find the latest version of this package online at:

http://www.divinf.it/dada/perl/internet

Send any comment to:

Aldo Calpini mailto:dada@perl.it