Thanks for your help! I studied that example. I had missed the 'use Inline::MakeMaker;', fixed that, and from there got the AUTONAME error. I then had the magic GOOGLE keyword to found the inline mailing list. So I have my little example running.
I'm curious why there is the 2 digit version requirement. I've been using 3 digit versions for a long time, as 2 digits always seemed to overflow at inopportune moments. (People hate to upgrade from 1.## to 2.00!) Anyhow, I'll live. On that topic though, is there any way to set Inline's VERSION from my module's $VERSION. (Not vice-versa, since MakeMaker does its grep thing for VERSION). I'd prefer avoiding dual edits that might get out of sync, and I want to make these Inline'd plugins as brain-dead for users as possible. -Wilson