[prog] Writting a program to automatically fetch webpages, and fill in forms.

[Sue Stones]

Jacinta Richardson wrote:
> For Perl you might want to consider PAR (Perl Archive Tool).  This 
> allows you to bundle up your programs and their dependancies into a 
> single file.  This can include a binary for Perl or not, as you choose:
> 
>            http://par.perl.org/index.cgi

Brilliant.

> If you expect that the majority of your uses will be using Windows (and 
> you don't like PAR) you might find it efficient to purchase the Active 
> State Development Kit for Perl (or appropriate parts thereof) and use 
> their bundling system.  This will give you a Windows-style executable 
> which just "works" without having Perl installed.

Yes I expect them to mostly use windows, and I think its likely that 
there will be some who use Macs.  I think there will quite possibly none 
who use linux!


> There is an Active State Dev Kit for Python too (I think it's the same 
> one) and that allows you to bundle your Python programs into executables 
> too.
> 
>       http://www.activestate.com

cool.


> 
> If your search engine is Google then you might want to look at the 
> Google modules available for Perl
>     http://search.cpan.org/search?query=google&mode=all

Interesting.

The websites each have a built in search facility.  I assume this has 
nothing to do with google, but this assumption is based on ignorance not 
anything else.

sue