=> NAME

PLDelphi - This project will embed Perl into Delphi.

=> USAGE

  program ConsoleTest;
  
  {$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
  
  uses
    SysUtils,
    PLDelphi_dll ;
  
  var
    browser , response : SV ;
      
  begin
  
    Perl.use('WWW::Mechanize');
  
    browser := Perl.NEW('WWW::Mechanize');
  
    response := browser.call_sv('get',' "http://www.perl.com/" ') ;
  
    writeln( response.call('content') ) ;
  
  end.


=> PREREQUISITES

*> DELPHI 6+

Home:

http://www.borland.com/

*> Perl 5.6+

Home:

http://www.perl.com/

Download from:

http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl

http://www.activestate.com/Solutions/Programmer/Perl.plex

=> BUILD/INSTALL

First install Delphi and Perl binaries.

You also will need to have Perl binaries in the search PATH:

  PATH=C:\Perl\bin\;%PATH%

After have the binaries well installed just type:

  Perl MakeFile.PL
  nmake

Then you should compile the ConsoleTest test project in Delphi (ConsoleTest.dpr).
After this you are able to run the B<ConsoleTest.exe> example.

I<Note that after build PLDelphi you will have a I<./built> directory with all the
files needed to be with your Delphi application. In this directory you also will
have the I<ConsoleTest.exe> example to test it in this directory.>

I<Note that maybe you will need to copy by hand Perl56.dll to the I<./built> directory
to have full standalone version of PLDelphi (without the need to install Perl).>

Enjoy!

=> Delphi package:

To use PLDelphi from your Delphi application without need to install Perl you
will need this files in the main diretory of your application:

  PLDelphi.dll     ## The PLDelphi library that loads the Perl interpreter.
  PLDelphi.pm      ## Perl side of PLDelphi.
  Perl56.dll       ## The Perl library in case that you have Perl built dynamic.
  PLDelphi_dll.pas ## PLDelphi classes and DLL wrapper.
  lib/*            ## A Perl lib directory with basic .pm files (strict, warnings, etc...)

I<Take a look in the ./built directory after build PLDelphi.>

=> Win32

You will need to have VC++ 6 to compile PLDelphi, since your Perl version for Win32 (from ActiveState)
will be probably compiled with VC++, and we need the same compiler of the interpreter
to embed a Perl program.

=> Linux

I haven't ported it to Linux yet. Help welcome!

=> Threads

Note that if you are compiling PLDelphi with Perl 5.8+ you can use Perl Threads too.

=> SEE ALSO

L<PLJava>, L<LibZip>, L<PAR>.

=> AUTHOR

Graciliano M. P. <gm@virtuasites.com.br>

I will appreciate any type of feedback (include your opinions and/or suggestions). ;-P

=> COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.