Good thoughts Mark. I am running SP 3, so that shouldn't be an issue.
I did try C:\Dwimperl\perl\bin\perl -MWin32 -V, and got the C:\Dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe is not a valid Win32 application message. Brad ____________________ On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Mark Dootson <mark.doot...@znix.com> wrote: > Hi, > > This is probably not helpful but I had few problems installing and > running Dwimperl on 32bit Windows XP. I've tested installation and use > as both a privileged and a limited user. > > The only issue I found is that if installed whilst logged in as a non > privileged user ( by using 'Run As' on the installer ) updates to the > system such as the path etc. are not updated until I log out and log > back in again. But this isn't surprising as the Dwimperl installer does > not attempt any system notifications etc. > > > One thing I would check is that you are running latest Service Pack ( 3 > ) with all updates applied. > > I seem to recall that the initial release of XP ( and maybe Service Pack > 1 ) would choke on some features of an embedded manifest. The embedded > manifest in Perl 5.14.2 is technically incorrect as it refers to the > 'type' as 'Win32'. According to specification this is wrong and should > be 'win32' ( lowercase ) - but many Windows versisons seem to parse this > OK. > > If your XP is at Service Pack 1 ( or no service pack at all ) it would > be good if you could do a test so that the possible manifest problem can > be eliminated. I'll fix up a 'perl.exe' with no manifest and you could > test if that one works. But there is really no point doing this if you > have Service Pack 2 or above. > > Initially you could test the following: > > C:\Dwimperl\perl\bin\perl -MWin32 -V > > (note uppercase -V ) > > and make sure it gives output. > > Regards > > Mark > > > > On 16/11/2012 14:48, Brad Hodge wrote: > > Mark, > > > > It's 32 bit XP. > > > > Brad > > ___________________ > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Mark Dootson<mark.doot...@znix.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Brad, is your system 32 bit Windows XP or 64 bit Windows XP? > >> > >> I'll test out Dwinperl myself so I'm just checking that I get the same > >> environment as you. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> On 16/11/2012 14:25, Brad Hodge wrote: > >>> With regards to you your version email... I was successful running > perl - > >>> v, and got all of the version information (v5.14.2). > >>> > >>> When I try to run c:\dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe > >>> c:\Dwimperl\perl\site\bin\padre, I get a Windows error box stating that > >>> c:\dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe is not a valid Win32 application. > >>> > >>> Brad > >>> ____________________ > >>> > >>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Gabor Szabo<ga...@szabgab.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Brad Hodge<brad.h.ho...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> I did try both of the ones below. > >>>>> > >>>>> C:\Dwimperl\perl\site\bin\padre got me the same results as the > regular > >>>>> attempt. > >>>>> C:\Dwimperl\perl\site\bin>c:\dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe gives me the > >>>> mesage > >>>>> 'dwimperl\perl\site\bin' is not recognized as an internal or external > >>>>> command, operable program or batch file. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> sorry that was a wrong copy-paste on my part. I hope this is better: > >>>> > >>>> c:\dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\Dwimperl\perl\site\bin\padre > >>>> > >>>> Gabor > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Padre-dev mailing list > >>>> Padre-dev@perlide.org > >>>> http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Padre-dev mailing list > >>> Padre-dev@perlide.org > >>> http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Padre-dev mailing list > >> Padre-dev@perlide.org > >> http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Padre-dev mailing list > > Padre-dev@perlide.org > > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev >
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