Yes you can. You would need to use the Tk module (or some other windowing system) to build your own GUI. Tk has support for GIF files, but I can't say for sure about the others. For sound there is a module for Windows called Win32::Sound which can play wav file as far as I know. You can get Tk from www.cpan.org (or use CPAN.pm to install them), and there is a great O'Reilly book on it as well. If you are on Windows, you can get Win32::Sound and Tk from www.ActiveState.com/packages/zips (or use ppm to install them).
"I know that Perl is mainly for text file manipulation" That and a thousand other things. In the past I have written windows apps, XML converters, an AIM bot, CGI apps, Windows DLL's, COM objects, apps to modify Windows NT permissions, database access, email access (SMTP/POP), IRC access, make graphs, convert images to SVG, etc, etc. ...It is hard to think of something that can't be done in Perl (not that it is always the best choice, but for me it usually is). Rob -----Original Message----- From: Joe Slaven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can Perl display .gif files and .wav files I know that Perl is mainly for text file manipulation I wish to display a .gif file when a key is pressed, and then run a .wav file while it is on display, until such time as the next key is pressed. Can Perl do this? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
