Hello,

  I have been programming with Komodo for the past few years and just 
recently purchased Visual Perl. I would like some assistance with getting my 
hello world program to run smoothly. This script runs perfectly from Komodo.

Here is my simple script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
BEGIN {push(@INC, "c:\\foo\\bar");}
#use Foobar; # Foobar.pm exists in c:\foo\bar, so why the compile error?
require Foobar;
print "Hello World!\n";


1. Error messages that popup when I run the script: (I have no idea what 
these are but I definitely do not want remote debugging (or at least I don't 
think I do - am i missing a design concept here?)).

"Waiting for the Perl debugger session to start, at port 3000. Please press 
the Cancel button to stop waiting."

"Attaching the Visual Perl DE debugger to process '[2944] 
sl_perl_debugger.exe' on machine 'PAVILION' falied. Error code 0x80004005."

2. When 'use' is in effect it gives a compile error. 'require' works just 
fine. How can I get 'use' statements to work? I do not want 'require'.

3. I noticed that I can set the @INC variable in 
project-> properties->configuration properties->perl options. I can still do 
it the old-fashioned way right? Well, either way I get an error with my 
'use' statement.

4. when it prints "Hello World" to a console, the console pops up for a 
split second and disappears. What is up with that? There isn't a "push 
button to continue" or anything. Also, how can I have the program output go 
to the output pane in the IDE?

5. Getting help! I am sorry if this is not the correct forum to address 
these issues. Please direct me to the proper resources so I can figure this 
stuff out myself.

6. Where can I read up on the differences between a Managed DLL Library 
(isn't that redundant?), a Control Library, a Executable, a Managed Exe, a 
Project, etc. I am not sure how these things operate within the .NET 
framework. What is each one good for? Where is their documentation? 
Unfortunately, http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/VisualPerl/manual.html 
and http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/VisualPerl/demo.html are not 
satisfying my issues. Any more help?


Thanks a bunch, I appreciate any help I can get.

Regards,

Tom Humphrey


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