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Changes for version 0.12 - 1998-11-08

  • MAJOR UPDATE - Second public beta
  • Modify CommPort.pm to export subroutine wrappers instead of API objects under tag "RAW:". Many related changes in test5.t
  • Add perl version test to Makefile.PL
  • Add Install.PL and blib subdirectory tree (5.004 and above)
  • Add options.plx to aid in debugging after installation
  • Update MANIFEST, README and documentation
  • Add error messages for failed "save" and "write_settings"
  • Fix bugs in range checking for "baudrate" and "buffers"
  • Rename API objects to "$_object"
  • Delete $_GetLocalError
  • Use "my $dcb" instead of $self->{"_DCB"} in CommPort.pm
  • Move test suite files to "t" subirectory (5.004 and above)
  • Add "use blib" to the test suite
  • Revise demo*.plx to use proper Namespaces
  • Create "Build_3xx" subdirectory for non-Makamaker test suite
  • Add manual install instructions for ActiveState build 3xx

Modules

Raw Win32 system API calls for serial communications.
User interface to Win32 Serial API calls

Provides

in Build_3xx/AltPort.pm