Win32::Exe

Current version is 0.11.

Note

Originally written by Audrey Tang, I just maintain this distribution.

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README

This is the README file for Win32::Exe, a module for manipulating
Win32 PE/COFF executable headers.

Please type "perldoc Win32::Exe" after installation to see
the module usage information.

* Installation

Win32::Exe uses the standard perl module install process:

cpansign -v		# optional; see SIGNATURE for details
perl Makefile.PL
make			# or 'nmake' on Win32
make test
make install

* Copyright

Copyright 2004-2007 by Audrey Tang .

All rights reserved.  You can redistribute and/or modify
this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself.

See .

Documentation

Win32::Exe

Change Log

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Release 0.11:
* Applied patch by Mark Dootson to change the default exe manifest.

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Release 0.10:
* Updated Module::Install to 0.64.
* Applied patch by Mark Dootson to add support for exe manifests.

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Release 0.09:
* Updated Module::Install to 0.63.
* Updated Audrey's contact information.

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r3715:  autrijus | 2004-03-18T05:06:01.118230Z

* This be 0.08.
* Load all require submodules with 'use', not 'require', so
  it can work with 'pp' in PAR 0.80.  Reported by Alan Stewart.

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r3626:  autrijus | 2004-03-16T11:58:23.873748Z

* This be 0.07.
* Properly raises exception when loading an invalid file to Win32::Exe.
  Reported by Macolm Noonings.

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r3896:  autrijus | 2004-02-17T01:28:40.619691Z

* This be 0.06.
* conform to Parse::Binary 0.05 API
* suggestion by alan to retain the original groupname.

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r3857:  autrijus | 2004-02-16T09:22:40.299320Z

* This be 0.05.
* add docs for exe_update.pl.
* Alan Stewart reported that our FindBin magic in tests was not quite good.
* Also, predeclare test numbers instead of no_plan.

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r3846:  autrijus | 2004-02-15T22:38:40.264114Z

* This be 0.04.
* Work with Parse::Binary 0.04 to refresh only when needed.
  This fixes the case of clobbering the exe twice, as reported
  by Jouke Visser.

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r3819:  autrijus | 2004-02-15T00:17:26.298029Z

* This be 0.03.
* a stupid typo caused all named resource strings to be stripped
  from the table. oops.
* tidy up sort a little.
* depend on newer Parse::Binary.

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r3807:  autrijus | 2004-02-14T19:43:30.059984Z

* This be 0.02.
* truncating executables to smaller size now works.
* properly extend the executable. it should now really work!
* forgot to refresh data directories after updating exe. bummer
* fix two gotchas that were probably preventing padding from working

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r3788:  autrijus | 2004-02-13T23:49:21.521921Z

* This be Win32::Exe, version 0.01.

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