Re: Application

On Dec 24, 6:58 am, almatir...@xxxxxxxxx (Alma) wrote:
Hi All,

I have got an application which is not a GUI developed in C. I need to
enter the data from notepad and enter in the place which prompt me for
the correct data. I am storing in the order in which its prompting.
can any one provide me the guidence of how to go about. can it be
acheived using perl.

You may simply be able to run the program with its input fed via a
pipe.

open(my $process, '-|', 'myprogram', 'and','its','arguments') or die
$!;
print $process "$_\n" for @the_input;

I you need more than this then I "Expect" (hint,hint) there's
something on CPAN to help.

See also, the FAQ.

.

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