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Win32-WindowsUpdate-0.01
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/ Win32::WindowsUpdate

NAME

Win32::WindowsUpdate - Access to Windows Update functions

DESCRIPTION

Currently only provides the ability to see installed and available not installed Windows Updates.

The intention is to provide the ability to manage all features related to Windows Updates, including downloading, installing, uninstalling (maybe), and configuring Windows Updates.

If you test this, please let me know your results. It's not ready for production use, but any testing is greatly appreciated.

EXAMPLE

  use Win32::WindowsUpdate;
  my $wu = Win32::WindowsUpdate->new;
  my $updates = $wu->updates;
  my $installed = $wu->installed;

  use Win32::WindowsUpdate;
  my $wu = Win32::WindowsUpdate->new({online => 0});
  my $updates = $wu->updates;

METHODS

new

  my $wu = Win32::WindowsUpdate->new;
  my $wu = Win32::WindowsUpdate->new({online => 0});

Creates the WindowsUpdate object.

online

Defaults to 1. Check online for updates.

installed

  my $installed = $wu->installed;
  # .. or ..
  my @installed = $wu->installed;

Returns a list of installed updates.

updates

  my $updates = $wu->updates;
  # .. or ..
  my @updates = $wu->updates;

  my $updatesHidden = $wu->updates({IsHidden => 1});

Returns a list of updates available for download and install.

IsInstalled

Returns installed (if true) or not installed (if false) updates. Defaults to 0.

IsHidden

Returns hidden (if true) or not hidden (if false) updates. Defaults to 0.

TODO

Provide ability to install specific updates.
Determine other necessary features. (email me with your requests)

BUGS

REPORT BUGS! Report any bugs to the CPAN bug tracker.

COPYRIGHT/LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Megagram. You can use any one of these licenses: Perl Artistic, GPL (version >= 2), BSD.

Perl Artistic License

Read it at http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html. This is the license we prefer.

GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

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See the full license at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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See the full license at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

BSD License

  Copyright (c) 2009 Megagram.
  All rights reserved.

  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
  provided that the following conditions are met:

      * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
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