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Automating Windows

with Perl

Scott McMahan

R&D Books

Lawrence, Kansas 66046

R&D Books

Miller Freeman, Inc.

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Lawrence, KS 66046

USA

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Foreword

It is an understatement to suggest that Scott likes computer books! Just visit his Web

site at cyberreviews.skwc.com. Scott's passion for books and writing is impossible to

miss.

As a matter of fact, it is because of his Web site that I first met Scott. On his site is a

list that he calls Essential Programmer's Bookshelf , complete with in-depth, well-

written reviews. These are the books that he believes no programmer should be

without. A while back, he had some questions about one of my books that he was

reviewing for inclusion in this list. One thing led to another, and since then I have

always made sure that Scott received early review copies of my books as soon as they

became available. Given Scott's writing talents, I knew that it was only a matter of time

before he would be creating his own book.

Scott has written an enjoyable, readable book about automating Windows using

Perl. At the same time that the computing environment is becoming easier for users, it

is becoming more challenging for programmers. The tricks that we used yesterday

look pass today and might be useless tomorrow. Of course, this keeps programming

interesting. It's always changing. And Perl is part of that evolution. But, then, finding

better ways to do things is what programming has always been about.

Herbert Schildt

Acknowledgments

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get

understanding.

Proverbs

4:7

This book is dedicated…

To God, for giving me the talent and calling to be a writer and allowing me to finally realize it.

And of course, to my mother, for all those years she sacrificed to get me an education so I could

do stuff like this. She believed in me and encouraged me during all the times when things like

writing a book seemed like an impossible dream.

Special thanks to Anthony Robbins ( www.tonyrobins.com ) and Casey Treat

( www.caseytreat.org ), whose books about understanding the meaning and potential

of life have made me realize that I had a destiny to fulfill after all. The impact of these

teachers on my life can’t be underestimated.

Special thanks to Roger Batsel for his invaluable feedback on the book, especially

in the early stages, and everyone else at SoftBase Systems for encouragement.

Thanks go out to SoftBase President Gary Blair (and everyone else) for putting up with

me writing the book in addition to everything else going on at the end of 1998.

Special thanks to George and Mike Steffanos of SK Web Construction for allowing

me to host this book’s web site at their server.

I want to thank R&D Books and editor Berney Williams (no, not the Yankee’s center

fielder) for taking a chance on an author who had never written a book but who thought

he could! Also, thanks to Windows Developer ’ s Journal editor Ron Burk for buying my

first technical article. And, to Joe Casad, Michelle Dowdy, and everyone else at R&D

who made my first book such an easy experience with their professionalism.

This book would not have been the same without the contribution of technical

reviewers. With their comments and feedback, I have turned a collection of rambling

essays on various Perl topics into a book . I extend special thanks to everyone who

gave me feedback on the draft, including Randal Schwartz (yes, that Randal

Schwartz!), Jim Lawless, Robin Berjon, Anthony Roeder, and Sergei Listvin.

Also, like Woody ’ s Office Watch ( http://www.woodyswatch.com/wow/ ) always

does, a word of thanks to the people who made the music I listen to as I wrote this

book: Erin O’Donnell ( http://www.erinodonnell.com/ ), Truth

( http://www.truthmusic.org/ ), Chris Squire

( http://www.nfte.org/Chris.Squire/ ), Harvey Bainbridge, Brand X, and a cast of

thousands of bands from the early 1980s. Without the tunes, writing this book would

not have been much fun! (I only wish Natalie Grant ( http://www.benson.com/nat/ )

had released her debut album in time, so I could use my joke about her label, Benson

Records, not being affiliated with Robert Guillaume. Alas!)

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