Hi,
I'am about to test your license monitoring tool.
But there is one question left. How do you build executables of a perl script?
The only way I know to run Perl scripts on NT is: perl xxx.pl
How do you integrate the interpreter and compile it to native code?
P.S. Many thanks for providing the community with such tools
regards
Sven

Sven,

I use ActiveState's Perl Developers Kit (PDK). It has several nice utilities in it. I use perlapp the most (which allows you to compile freestanding binaries)... below you'll see some text straight from the help files as to what is included in the PDK...

Hope this helps!

PDK Tools
Perl Debugger
Painless, simple debugging for Perl scripts. ActiveState Perl Debugger now supports remote debugging, allowing you to debug scripts running on a remote machine from your desktop. What's more, the remote machine need not even be running Windows--any platform capable of running Perl 5.005_03 or later is supported! Whether debugging local or remote programs, ActiveState Perl Debugger makes debugging Perl scripts a breeze with quick views of variables and expressions. Its intuitive visual environment gets you up and running fast.

PerlApp
Turn your Perl programs into ready-to-run Windows executables. You can build dependent applications, which require an existing Perl installation on the target computer, or freestanding applications, which will run on a target computer that does not have Perl installed.

PerlCtrl
Build ActiveX controls with Perl. These controls are packaged up as DLLs and can be used in any language that supports ActiveX components. You can build a dependent control, which require an existing Perl installation on the target computer, or a freestanding control, which will run on a target computer that does not have Perl installed.

PerlSvc
Convert your Perl programs into Windows services. You can build dependent services, which require an existing Perl installation on the target computer, or freestanding services, which will run on a target computer that does not have Perl installed.

PerlCOM
Embed Perl interpreters into client applications. PerlCOM is an ActiveX component that allows you to easily add Perl subroutines to your applications, use Perl packages and classes, and exchange data freely between the host languages and Perl. This enables you to embed Perl in any development environment that supports ActiveX components.

Visual Package Manager (VPM)
Manage your Perl installation locally or remotely. VPM is a browser based application that lets you install, update, delete and get information about the Perl modules and extensions you have on your system.

Perl WSAPI
Perl WSAPI is an embedded Perl interpreter that runs in-process with the O'Reilly WebSite web server and presents a standard CGI environment for a Perl programmer. With Perl WSAPI and O'Reilly WebSite you get the benefit of not having to start a new process to handle each request for a Perl script. Scripts written to be run by Perl.exe in a standard CGI environment should run without any modifications.

Matt Reinfeldt

Remedy Administrator & Developer

mreinfel@uscellular.com

U.S. Cellular