NAME

Bundle::Interchange - A bundle of the modules nice to have for Interchange 5.

SYNOPSIS

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Interchange'

CONTENTS

Digest::MD5

Digest::SHA

MIME::Base64

MIME::Lite

JSON

URI::URL

HTML::Tagset

HTML::Entities

LWP

LWP::Protocol::https

Parse::RecDescent

OLE::Storage_Lite

Term::ReadKey

Term::ReadLine::Perl

Text::Query

Image::Size

DBI

Safe::Hole

Tie::ShadowHash

Set::Crontab

IO::Scalar

Storable

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

Net::IP::Match::Regexp

Digest::Bcrypt

Crypt::Random

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

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.
Business::UPS Enables lookup of shipping costs directly from www.ups.com.
HTML::Parser

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

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

Allows upload of XLS spreadsheets in UI. IO::Scalar and OLE::Storage_Lite are prerequisites.

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

Allows creation of XLS spreadsheets for download in UI.

Term::ReadLine::Perl

Gives you filename completion and command history in the makecat program. Not used otherwise.

Term::ReadKey

Helps Term::ReadLine::Perl generate completions and editing in makecat. Not used otherwise.

Digest::Bcrypt

Used for strong password encryption.

Crypt::Random

Used for strong password encryption.

AUTHOR

Mike Heins, <mikeh@perusion.net>