David Christensen wrote:
>  Eric Promislow wrote:
>  
> >Yes, you need to look at another product, and you asked on the right
> >list, given that you're using Visual Perl.  ActiveState's PerlASPX
> >product lets you build ASP.Net applications and web services using
> >Perl code.
>  
>  
>  Thanks for your reply.  :-)
>  
>  
>  I downloaded and tried the demo of PerlASPX, but it didn't seem to integrate
>  into Visual Studio.  Is it supposed to, and I just messed up or was confused?

No, it doesn't integrate into Visual Studio.  We haven't yet built an
ASP.Net-aware project for Visual Perl yet either.

>  
>  
>  
> >See http://www.activestate.com/Products/PerlASPX/ for more info.
>  
>  
>  I looked at that web page previously, and couldn't figure out what PerlASPX is
>  nor how it differs from VisualPerl, PerlNet, PDK, etc..  I still can't, and I'm
>  annoyed at having to register with yet another web site to read a review.

Understood.  We don't have the clearance to lift the material off of
DevX's site and republish it ourselves.  If you can find a copy of
Perl and the .Net framework (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130652067,
some used copies there).

>  
>  
>  I'm looking for a product or products that plug in to VS .NET 2003 that provide
>  the same level of features and functionality as, say, C# or VB.  My first
>  objective is building .NET web applications.  Later goals include Windows
>  applications, console applications, and .msi installable packages.  Which AS
>  product(s) should I be evaluating?
>  

Visual Perl directly helps you build console applications in the VS.Net
environment.

The best way to build Windows applications is to currently use C# or VB.Net
as the front-end language, writing back-end components in Perl.  You need
PerlNET from the Perl Dev Kit to compile Perl modules into .Net-aware components.

The Perl Dev Kit also ships with PerlMSI, which lets you write small Perl
scripts to generate MSI packages.

Hope this helps,
Eric Promislow

>  
>  TIA,
>  
>  David

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