Questions tagged [perlapp]

PerlApp is an product from ActiveState that turns a Perl program into a single-file executable.

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Is there a way to package my unit tests with PAR or PerlApp?

I have an app that I pack into "binary" form using PerlApp for distribution. Since my clients want a simple install for their Win32 systems, this works very nicely. Now a client has decided that they need to run all unit tests, like in a standard…
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How can I distribute an application with many perlapp executables but distribute only one perl

Summary Question Do I simply use perlapp --dependent for each perl script and then make sure I copy perl-static to the app's bin directory (calling it perl) during the build? Background I am currently distributing an application with many perlapp…
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Why are some characters missing when I converted my Perl script to executable using Perlapp?

Before posting my question to the ActiveState forum, I'd like to try luck here :) I'm trying to convert a simple script of mine to .exe file using Perlapp (version 8.1). The Perl script works fine and it seems Perlapp also did its job successfully.…
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PerlApp-generated-exe can't Load packages

PerlApp generate perl script to executable. I get a problem using the PerlApp Here are the steps: Generate a perl script (e.pl) with the following 2 lines require Date::Manip; require Date::Manip::DM6; perlapp e.pl --add Date::Manip --add…
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Does ActiveState PerlApp have a problem binding ico files as "Bound Files"

I posted this question at ActiveState but got no reply from support or in a discussion forum. Here is probably better. I'm a long time user of PerlApp (ver. 8.2.1 Build 292072) and I have experienced very few problems. But just recently, I've been…
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Perl program to connect oracle database from different system

I have a perl program which connects to oracle database and fetch details,Which is perfectly working from same host(cu394.cloud.net) my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:Oracle:host=cu394.cloud.net;sid=ora", "ctfuser238", "ctfuser238" , {'RaiseError' =>…
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perl works, perlapped exe doesn't

In a nutshell, I'm trying to use some modules, and they don't work, no warnings, errors, runtime errors, crashes, nothing, just no results. Specifically, I have use strict; use warnings; use Lingua::Identify…
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Decompile a PerlApp Exe from ten years ago

I am asking something a little obsolete. I retrieved one of my project written back more than 10 years ago, when I was a student, but unfortunately I could only retrieve the executable. I am trying to decompile it, but I really cannot recall the…
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which tool use to create Perl executable

I want to create Perl script executable exe for distributions for enterprise use. For security and to stop misuse. I found many outdated post about it. But today I don't know it is similar or not! Question is: Which tool shall I use to create…
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Removing border around a Win32::GUI control

whenever I use PerlApp to generate a binary of my projects, controls like the textbox and the listview have an ugly grey border around themselves. (example picture) I used the following code to create the listview: my $listview =…
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Getting Statistics::R to work with PerlApp (or PAR)

I'm trying to make an .exe from a simple perl script that uses the Statistics::R package. use Statistics::R; use strict; my $R = Statistics::R->new(); $R->startR; $R->send('x=10'); $R->send('x'); my $ret = $R->read; print…
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Issues with compiling perl script into executable

I am trying to compile the perlscript below using activestate perlapp. I dont think it has anything to do with the PerlApp program. It runs fine when I just debug and run through activestate this is the error when I try to compile it into an…
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Why does the main window of an X11 application sometimes not appear in OS X

I have created Perl/Tk application for OS X compiled using ActiveState PDK PerlApp 8.2.1. The application requires X11 to work properly on OS X, and everything works fine on my own computer (OS X 10.4.11) and others report it working well on OS X…
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wxLocale not working with PerlApp

When I run my wxperl app from the command line it works great but after using the PerlApp from: http://www.activestate.com/perl-dev-kit to create an executable I'm seeing the following debug alert (shown below) I've tried adding Locale for myFrame…
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ActiveState PerlApp fails to compile the RPC::XML::Client module

The uncompiled .pl runs like a scalded dog. The compiled version throws: Can't locate object method "simple_request" via package "RPC::XML::Client::new: Unable to get RPC::XML::Parser object" (perhaps you forgot to load "RPC::XML::Client::new:…
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