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NAME

       Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions


DESCRIPTION

       Perl on Win32 contains several functions to access Win32 APIs. Some are
       included in Perl itself (on Win32) and some are only available after
       explicitly requesting the Win32 module with:

	       use Win32;

       The builtin functions are marked as [CORE] and the other ones as [EXT]
       in the following alphabetical listing. The "Win32" module is not part
       of the Perl source distribution; it is distributed in the libwin32 bun-
       dle of Win32::* modules on CPAN. The module is already preinstalled in
       binary distributions like ActivePerl.

       Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions


       Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE)
	   [EXT] Aborts a system shutdown (started by the InitiateSystemShut-
	   down function) on the specified MACHINE.

       Win32::BuildNumber()
	   [CORE] Returns the ActivePerl build number. This function is only
	   available in the ActivePerl binary distribution.

       Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE)
	   [CORE] The Win32::CopyFile() function copies an existing file to a
	   new file. All file information like creation time and file
	   attributes will be copied to the new file. However it will not copy
	   the security information. If the destination file already exists it
	   will only be overwritten when the OVERWRITE parameter is true. But
	   even this will not overwrite a read-only file; you have to unlink()
	   it first yourself.

       Win32::DomainName()
	   [CORE] Returns the name of the Microsoft Network domain that the
	   owner of the current perl process is logged into.  This function
	   does not work on Windows 9x.

       Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING)
	   [EXT] Takes STRING and replaces all referenced environment variable
	   names with their defined values. References to environment vari-
	   ables take the form "%VariableName%". Case is ignored when looking
	   up the VariableName in the environment. If the variable is not
	   found then the original "%VariableName%" text is retained.  Has the
	   same effect as the following:

		   $string =~ s/%([^%]*)%/$ENV{$1} || "%$1%"/eg

       Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE)
	   [CORE] Converts the supplied Win32 error number (e.g. returned by
	   Win32::GetLastError()) to a descriptive string.  Analogous to the
	   perror() standard-C library function.  Note that $^E used in a
	   string context has much the same effect.

		   C:\> perl -e "$^E = 26; print $^E;"
		   The specified disk or diskette cannot be accessed

       Win32::FsType()
	   [CORE] Returns the name of the filesystem of the currently active
	   drive (like 'FAT' or 'NTFS'). In list context it returns three
	   values: (FSTYPE, FLAGS, MAXCOMPLEN). FSTYPE is the filesystem type
	   as before. FLAGS is a combination of values of the following table:

		   0x00000001  supports case-sensitive filenames
		   0x00000002  preserves the case of filenames
		   0x00000004  supports Unicode in filenames
		   0x00000008  preserves and enforces ACLs
		   0x00000010  supports file-based compression
		   0x00000020  supports disk quotas
		   0x00000040  supports sparse files
		   0x00000080  supports reparse points
		   0x00000100  supports remote storage
		   0x00008000  is a compressed volume (e.g. DoubleSpace)
		   0x00010000  supports object identifiers
		   0x00020000  supports the Encrypted File System (EFS)

	   MAXCOMPLEN is the maximum length of a filename component (the part
	   between two backslashes) on this file system.

       Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE)
	   [EXT] Unloads a previously loaded dynamic-link library. The HANDLE
	   is no longer valid after this call. See LoadLibrary for information
	   on dynamically loading a library.

       Win32::GetArchName()
	   [EXT] Use of this function is deprecated. It is equivalent with
	   $ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE}. This might not work on Win9X.

       Win32::GetChipName()
	   [EXT] Returns the processor type: 386, 486 or 586 for Intel proces-
	   sors, 21064 for the Alpha chip.

       Win32::GetCwd()
	   [CORE] Returns the current active drive and directory. This func-
	   tion does not return a UNC path, since the functionality required
	   for such a feature is not available under Windows 95.

       Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER [, CREATE])
	   [EXT] Returns the full pathname of one of the Windows special fold-
	   ers.	 The folder will be created if it doesn't exist and the
	   optional CREATE argument is true.  The following FOLDER constants
	   are defined by the Win32 module, but only exported on demand:

		   CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS
		   CSIDL_APPDATA
		   CSIDL_CDBURN_AREA
		   CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS
		   CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA
		   CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY
		   CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS
		   CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES
		   CSIDL_COMMON_MUSIC
		   CSIDL_COMMON_PICTURES
		   CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS
		   CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU
		   CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP
		   CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES
		   CSIDL_COMMON_VIDEO
		   CSIDL_COOKIES
		   CSIDL_DESKTOP
		   CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY
		   CSIDL_FAVORITES
		   CSIDL_FONTS
		   CSIDL_HISTORY
		   CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE
		   CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA
		   CSIDL_MYMUSIC
		   CSIDL_MYPICTURES
		   CSIDL_MYVIDEO
		   CSIDL_NETHOOD
		   CSIDL_PERSONAL
		   CSIDL_PRINTHOOD
		   CSIDL_PROFILE
		   CSIDL_PROGRAMS
		   CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES
		   CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON
		   CSIDL_RECENT
		   CSIDL_RESOURCES
		   CSIDL_RESOURCES_LOCALIZED
		   CSIDL_SENDTO
		   CSIDL_STARTMENU
		   CSIDL_STARTUP
		   CSIDL_SYSTEM
		   CSIDL_TEMPLATES
		   CSIDL_WINDOWS

	   Note that not all folders are defined on all versions of Windows.

	   Please refer to the MSDN documentation of the CSIDL constants, cur-
	   rently available at:

	   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/plat-
	   form/shell/reference/enums/csidl.asp

       Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME)
	   [CORE] GetFullPathName combines the FILENAME with the current drive
	   and directory name and returns a fully qualified (aka, absolute)
	   path name. In list context it returns two elements: (PATH, FILE)
	   where PATH is the complete pathname component (including trailing
	   backslash) and FILE is just the filename part.  Note that no
	   attempt is made to convert 8.3 components in the supplied FILENAME
	   to longnames or vice-versa.	Compare with Win32::GetShortPathName
	   and Win32::GetLongPathName.

	   This function has been added for Perl 5.6.

       Win32::GetLastError()
	   [CORE] Returns the last error value generated by a call to a Win32
	   API function.  Note that $^E used in a numeric context amounts to
	   the same value.

       Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME)
	   [CORE] Returns a representation of PATHNAME composed of longname
	   components (if any).	 The result may not necessarily be longer than
	   PATHNAME.  No attempt is made to convert PATHNAME to the absolute
	   path.  Compare with Win32::GetShortPathName and Win32::GetFullPath-
	   Name.

	   This function has been added for Perl 5.6.

       Win32::GetNextAvailDrive()
	   [CORE] Returns a string in the form of "<d>:" where <d> is the
	   first available drive letter.

       Win32::GetOSVersion()
	   [CORE] Returns the list (STRING, MAJOR, MINOR, BUILD, ID), where
	   the elements are, respectively: An arbitrary descriptive string,
	   the major version number of the operating system, the minor version
	   number, the build number, and a digit indicating the actual operat-
	   ing system.	For the ID, the values are 0 for Win32s, 1 for Windows
	   9X/Me and 2 for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.  In scalar context it
	   returns just the ID.

	   Currently known values for ID MAJOR and MINOR are as follows:

	       OS		     ID	   MAJOR   MINOR
	       Win32s		      0	     -	     -
	       Windows 95	      1	     4	     0
	       Windows 98	      1	     4	    10
	       Windows Me	      1	     4	    90
	       Windows NT 3.51	      2	     3	    51
	       Windows NT 4	      2	     4	     0
	       Windows 2000	      2	     5	     0
	       Windows XP	      2	     5	     1
	       Windows Server 2003    2	     5	     2

	   On Windows NT 4 SP6 and later this function returns the following
	   additional values: SPMAJOR, SPMINOR, SUITEMASK, PRODUCTTYPE.

	   SPMAJOR and SPMINOR are are the version numbers of the latest
	   installed service pack.

	   SUITEMASK is a bitfield identifying the product suites available on
	   the system.	Known bits are:

	       VER_SUITE_SMALLBUSINESS		   0x00000001
	       VER_SUITE_ENTERPRISE		   0x00000002
	       VER_SUITE_BACKOFFICE		   0x00000004
	       VER_SUITE_COMMUNICATIONS		   0x00000008
	       VER_SUITE_TERMINAL		   0x00000010
	       VER_SUITE_SMALLBUSINESS_RESTRICTED  0x00000020
	       VER_SUITE_EMBEDDEDNT		   0x00000040
	       VER_SUITE_DATACENTER		   0x00000080
	       VER_SUITE_SINGLEUSERTS		   0x00000100
	       VER_SUITE_PERSONAL		   0x00000200
	       VER_SUITE_BLADE			   0x00000400
	       VER_SUITE_EMBEDDED_RESTRICTED	   0x00000800
	       VER_SUITE_SECURITY_APPLIANCE	   0x00001000

	   The VER_SUITE_xxx names are listed here to crossreference the
	   Microsoft documentation.  The Win32 module does not provide sym-
	   bolic names for these constants.

	   PRODUCTTYPE provides additional information about the system.  It
	   should be one of the following integer values:

	       1 - Workstation (NT 4, 2000 Pro, XP Home, XP Pro)
	       2 - Domaincontroller
	       3 - Server

       Win32::GetOSName()
	   [EXT] In scalar context returns the name of the Win32 operating
	   system being used.  In list context returns a two element list of
	   the OS name and whatever edition information is known about the
	   particular build (for Win9x boxes) and whatever service packs have
	   been installed.  The latter is roughly equivalent to the first item
	   returned by GetOSVersion() in list context.

	   Currently the possible values for the OS name are

	    Win32s Win95 Win98 WinMe WinNT3.51 WinNT4 Win2000 WinXP/.Net Win2003

	   This routine is just a simple interface into GetOSVersion().	 More
	   specific or demanding situations should use that instead.  Another
	   option would be to use POSIX::uname(), however the latter appears
	   to report only the OS family name and not the specific OS.  In
	   scalar context it returns just the ID.

	   The name "WinXP/.Net" is used for historical reasons only, to main-
	   tain backwards compatibility of the Win32 module.  Windows .NET
	   Server has been renamed as Windows 2003 Server before final release
	   and uses a different major/minor version number than Windows XP.

       Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME)
	   [CORE] Returns a representation of PATHNAME composed only of short
	   (8.3) path components.  The result may not necessarily be shorter
	   than PATHNAME.  Compare with Win32::GetFullPathName and Win32::Get-
	   LongPathName.

       Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE, PROCNAME)
	   [EXT] Returns the address of a function inside a loaded library.
	   The information about what you can do with this address has been
	   lost in the mist of time. Use the Win32::API module instead of this
	   deprecated function.

       Win32::GetTickCount()
	   [CORE] Returns the number of milliseconds elapsed since the last
	   system boot. Resolution is limited to system timer ticks (about
	   10ms on WinNT and 55ms on Win9X).

       Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown
	   (MACHINE, MESSAGE, TIMEOUT, FORCECLOSE, REBOOT)

	   [EXT] Shutsdown the specified MACHINE, notifying users with the
	   supplied MESSAGE, within the specified TIMEOUT interval. Forces
	   closing of all documents without prompting the user if FORCECLOSE
	   is true, and reboots the machine if REBOOT is true. This function
	   works only on WinNT.

       Win32::IsWinNT()
	   [CORE] Returns non zero if the Win32 subsystem is Windows NT.

       Win32::IsWin95()
	   [CORE] Returns non zero if the Win32 subsystem is Windows 95.

       Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME)
	   [EXT] Loads a dynamic link library into memory and returns its mod-
	   ule handle. This handle can be used with Win32::GetProcAddress and
	   Win32::FreeLibrary. This function is deprecated. Use the Win32::API
	   module instead.

       Win32::LoginName()
	   [CORE] Returns the username of the owner of the current perl pro-
	   cess.

       Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID, SIDTYPE)
	   [EXT] Looks up ACCOUNT on SYSTEM and returns the domain name the
	   SID and the SID type.

       Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE)
	   [EXT] Looks up SID on SYSTEM and returns the account name, domain
	   name, and the SID type.

       Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]])
	   [EXT] Create a dialogbox containing MESSAGE. FLAGS specifies the
	   required icon and buttons according to the following table:

		   0 = OK
		   1 = OK and Cancel
		   2 = Abort, Retry, and Ignore
		   3 = Yes, No and Cancel
		   4 = Yes and No
		   5 = Retry and Cancel

		   MB_ICONSTOP		"X" in a red circle
		   MB_ICONQUESTION	question mark in a bubble
		   MB_ICONEXCLAMATION	exclamation mark in a yellow triangle
		   MB_ICONINFORMATION	"i" in a bubble

	   TITLE specifies an optional window title. The default is "Perl".

	   The function returns the menu id of the selected push button:

		   0  Error

		   1  OK
		   2  Cancel
		   3  Abort
		   4  Retry
		   5  Ignore
		   6  Yes
		   7  No

       Win32::NodeName()
	   [CORE] Returns the Microsoft Network node-name of the current
	   machine.

       Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
	   [EXT] Loads the DLL LIBRARYNAME and calls the function DllRegis-
	   terServer.

       Win32::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW)
	   [CORE] Sets the ShowMode of child processes started by system().
	   By default system() will create a new console window for child pro-
	   cesses if Perl itself is not running from a console. Calling
	   SetChildShowWindow(0) will make these new console windows invisi-
	   ble.	 Calling SetChildShowWindow() without arguments reverts sys-
	   tem() to the default behavior.  The return value of SetChild-
	   ShowWindow() is the previous setting or "undef".

	   [EXT] The following symbolic constants for SHOWWINDOW are available
	   (but not exported) from the Win32 module: SW_HIDE, SW_SHOWNORMAL,
	   SW_SHOWMINIMIZED, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED and SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE.

       Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY)
	   [CORE] Sets the current active drive and directory. This function
	   does not work with UNC paths, since the functionality required to
	   required for such a feature is not available under Windows 95.

       Win32::SetLastError(ERROR)
	   [CORE] Sets the value of the last error encountered to ERROR. This
	   is that value that will be returned by the Win32::GetLastError()
	   function. This functions has been added for Perl 5.6.

       Win32::Sleep(TIME)
	   [CORE] Pauses for TIME milliseconds. The timeslices are made avail-
	   able to other processes and threads.

       Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS, PID)
	   [CORE] Spawns a new process using the supplied COMMAND, passing in
	   arguments in the string ARGS. The pid of the new process is stored
	   in PID. This function is deprecated. Please use the Win32::Process
	   module instead.

       Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
	   [EXT] Loads the DLL LIBRARYNAME and calls the function DllUnregis-
	   terServer.



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