I am going to go on the same assumption (ActivePerl) and recommend PerlCtrl from the PDK. With a couple of minor modifications to the script you can turn your Perl app into an ActiveX dll that is easy enough for your VB to use.
-----Original Message----- From: John Brooking [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl and Visual Basic I'm assuming you are using ActivePerl. In ActiveState's Perl Dev Kit (sold separately, $129), there is a utility to package an ActivePerl script into a stand-alone Windows executable. I've only tried the free 7-day trial version, but it seems to work pretty well, including wrapping up any extra modules you are using. If the people that control your environment are satisfied with this (because it would avoid having Perl and CPAN modules on the production box), you could put that EXE in with your VB program and call it with the VB Shell statement. If asynchronous execution (call it and forget about it) is okay, you are done. If you need to monitor it and know when it is finished, there's some other tricky VB/Windows API stuff you need to do which I don't remember well enough to tell you about, and is better asked on a VB-related list. - John --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good day; > I have developed some useful Perl scripts.. Users > want a VB front-end > to run these scripts. > What do I need to do, such that something like this > could work (i.e.: > User presses a command button, which then launches a > Perl script- data > sent to output files, etc..) > > Some caveats: > We work in a tightly-controlled environment, which > doesn't allow > downloading and compiling CPAN modules. > We don't have access to TK (by virtue of the item > above) > > Am I dead in the water? Has anyone else found > 'tricks' to work around a > similar situation? > Thanks in advance for your time. > Carl > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
