NAME
Bundle::Interchange - A bundle of the modules nice to have for Interchange 5.
SYNOPSIS
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Interchange'
CONTENTS
Digest::MD5
MIME::Base64
URI::URL
HTML::Tagset
Bundle::LWP
Parse::RecDescent
OLE::Storage_Lite
Bundle::LWP
Term::ReadKey
Term::ReadLine::Perl
Text::Query
Image::Size
DBI
Safe::Hole
Tie::ShadowHash
Set::Crontab
IO::Scalar
Storable
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
DESCRIPTION
This bundle installs the prerequisites for Interchange 5 as well as some modules that are not strictly necessary.
(Interchange was formerly known as Minivend.)
After installing this bundle, it is recommended that you quit the current session and then run Interchange's makecat program. That will give you the benefit of line completion and history.
The core functions of Interchange will run with a stock Perl, but to use some features of Interchange (like the administrative interface) you will need these modules.
- Digest::MD5 This module is used to generate unique cache keys. If you don't have it, then keys will be computed with a checksum that has a very low but not infinitesimal chance of causing a cache conflict.
- MIME::Base64
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Used for decoding HTTP authorization, also part of Bundle::LWP.
- Bundle::LWP Business::UPS, for calculating shipping, requires this. The [get-url ...] UserTag and most payment gateways also need LWP.
- Storable If you have this module session save speed increases by anywhere from 25-60%. Highly recommended for busy systems.
- Business::UPS Enables lookup of shipping costs directly from www.ups.com.
- HTML::Parser
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The HTML::Entities module, which is part of this package, is used to parse HTML entities for substitution. URI::URL and HTML::TagSet are prerequisites.
- Text::Query
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Gives Altavista-style search language with AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR and full parentheses nesting.
- Safe::Hole This helps Interchange deal with the object-creation restrictions of Safe.pm, used to encourage security.
- DBI Most people want to use SQL with Interchange, and this is a requirement. You will also need the appropriate DBD module, i.e. DBD::mysql to support MySQL.
- Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
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Allows upload of XLS spreadsheets in UI. IO::Scalar and OLE::Storage_Lite are prerequisites.
- Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
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Allows creation of XLS spreadsheets for download in UI.
- Term::ReadLine::Perl
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Gives you filename completion and command history in the makecat program. Not used otherwise.
- Term::ReadKey
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Helps Term::ReadLine::Perl generate completions and editing in makecat. Not used otherwise.
AUTHOR
Mike Heins, <mikeh@perusion.net>