Tom Humphrey wrote:
>  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."

Is Project-properties|Debugging|DebugMode set to "Project"?

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

This is a Visual Studio message that pops up when the Perl debugger
ends prematurely.  We haven't found a way to squelch it.

>  
>  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'.

I couldn't duplicate the error.  Is there no other instance of
"Foobar.pm" that the interpreter could be picking up instead?
Does your module end with a "1;" or some other truthful value?

>  
>  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?

VS doesn't have a builtin pause mode for Console applications -- if you
build a hello world app in C#, VB.Net, C++, etc., you'll get the
same behavior.  We actually incorporated a pause at the end of
running a program outside the debugger, but not in the debugger.  Is
it not working?

>  
>  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.

This list is the best place.

>  
>  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?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130652067/qid%3D1025293038/sr%3D8-1/ref%3Dsr%5F8%5F1
/103-2933687-4567804
(http://tinyurl.com/a3d42)

Current used price is $10.59 -- the first half of the book just
recapitulates an intro to Perl, but Yevgeny goes deeper into
Perl.Net in the second half.

For a glossary:

"Managed DLL Library" =>  PerlNet .Net object, with 2-way interaction with .Net
"Control Library" =>  PerlCtrl COM object
"Executable" =>  Perlapp exe
"Managed Exe" =>  PerlNet EXE, with access to the .Net framework
"Project" =>  the standard Perl interpreter
"Tray Application" and "Windows Service" map to PerlTray and PerlSvc

- Hope this helps


>  
>  
>  Thanks a bunch, I appreciate any help I can get.
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Tom Humphrey
>  
>  
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