[DFW.pm] Trouble running a simple perl program
Tommy Butler
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Fri Jan 10 14:17:16 PST 2014
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On 01/10/2014 04:14 PM, rickazevedo2 at lycos.com wrote:
> I think I'm using Strawberry... will look at perlmonks.org. thx
>
> on Jan 10, 2014, *Tommy Butler* <dfwpm at internetalias.net> wrote:
>
> I'm curious: Is there a particular reason why you are using
> ActiveState Perl instead of Strawberry?
>
> In addition to this list I aways recommend that questions be asked
> on www.perlmonks.org as well. The site looks like it's straight
> out of the nineties, but it is actually tremendously useful. They
> have a few resident Perl-On-Windows gurus too.
>
> --Tommy Butler
>
> On 01/10/2014 02:05 PM, rickazevedo2 at lycos.com
> <mailto:rickazevedo2 at lycos.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, but I have no idea. Is the Perl executable in XP
>> compatibility mode?
>>
>> on Jan 10, 2014, *John Fields* <wigthft at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:wigthft at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well poo. Getting the version worked on Wednesday night.
>>
>> No, because you are telling what you have (win8) to treat
>> the program as if it was running on XP. Or to actually be
>> backward compatible for this one program. Because win8
>> doesn't look back. Like a shark it has no neck.
>> (Futurama joke)
>>
>> Try right clicking on the Perl.exe executable, select
>> properties, compatibility tab, XP Service Pack 3 mode. Hmmmmmm.
>>
>> On Jan 10, 2014 1:00 PM, <rickazevedo2 at lycos.com
>> <mailto:rickazevedo2 at lycos.com>> wrote:
>>
>> perl -v gave me the same error message. Wouldn't XP
>> Compatibility mode be wrong for Windows 8?
>>
>>
>> on Jan 10, 2014, *John Fields* <wigthft at gmail.com
>> <mailto:wigthft at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm. Just like Padre was doing at first.
>>
>> Let's recheck: run "Perl -v" and see if it still
>> gives you the version number and the paragraph of text.
>>
>> That should still work. If it doesn't then something
>> is different since wed night. May need to apply the
>> XP Compatibility mode setting to the Perl.exe file
>> under c:\strawberry since win8 makes life hard just
>> because it seems.
>>
>> On Jan 10, 2014 11:10 AM, <rickazevedo2 at lycos.com
>> <mailto:rickazevedo2 at lycos.com>> wrote:
>>
>> With the command line open, I type "perl
>> helloworld.pl <http://helloworld.pl>" (the name
>> of the file) and hit enter. It gives me the
>> "0xc000007" error message, refusing to execute
>> the program. I looked up answers online and a
>> lot of them are "reboot the machine" "try
>> reinstalling" etc. I rebooted and it didn't fix
>> anything. A registry-fixer was recommended but I
>> decided to uninstall it after installing. It
>> would be nice to have some help. Thank you.
>> Rick Azevedo
>>
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