Re: [slug-chat] OT Perl, Python and Windows

[Michael Lake <Mike.Lake@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Lake wrote:

> Andre Pang wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:18:27PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:
> > > Anyone had any exp. with Win32 Perl? Can Perl be cut down to size? (pull
> > > down the Wall?)
> 
> > check out the Perl PDK, at
> > http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/index.html
> > from that page, here are some programs you may be interested in:
> > PerlApp....Turns your Perl scripts into executables, so that you can
> > run Perl scripts on computers without installing Perl.
> 
> Seems like just what I should look at. I have just downloaded the
> package and next week will download the 7 day trial license to check it
> out.
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> > if you're using Apache with CGI, PerlApp might be a perfect
> > solution for you.
> Thats what I'm using :-)

Well guys I checked it out, just though I'd let you know what I found...
"PerlApp, PerlCtrl and PerlSvc components/exutables cannot be built on
Windows Me/98/95.
Requires NT or Windows 2000"

Bummer ! and if you have an suggestions....

I can't possibly ask users to install 30Megs onto their machines so they
can run a cgi script. 

Basically I have a MySQL database being run by Perl on a Linux server.
This will shortly be extended to be able to provide web based editing
features so that users can update the database of several thousand caves
in Australia. I want to work out some way that windows users while
OFF-LINE can edit/update the data and later either upload it when they
connect or post it off on a floppy. I want something that can
validate/check the data they enter (Excell could edit the csv data but
hard to get it to validate all the fields).
Neither I nor the developer will be inteerested in buying VisualC++ or
other compiler to write a windows app and besides then thats something
else I have to learn as I'll be maintaining it. Hence the interest in
putting Apache on their machines (goes on easy and its only several Meg,
acceptable) and getting them to run the same Perl scripts that the
server would run if they were actually on-line.

Mike
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