Re: Re: .pl to .exe

[flounder99]

PAR works quite well on Windows once you get it installed. I could not install it using ppm but I was able to install it like this:

C:\>ppm install par-dist
C:\>perl -MPAR::Dist -e "install_par('http://cpan.org/modules/by-autho
+rs/id/A/AU/AUTRIJUS/PAR-0.74')"

you then can create an executable by doing this:

C:\>pp -o myscript.exe myscript.pl

I recommend you then use upx to shrink the executable.
I have to admit I haven't used it on any horribly complex scripts but it has alway worked on the ones I have tried. It is nice because you can use the .exe file on any windows computer even if it doesn't have perl installed. (even if you can't fit them on a floppy)

Update: Try running this:

C:\>pp -o hello.exe -e "print 'hello world!'"

C:\>hello
hello world!

you get a nice 1.36M hello.exe which upx's down to 909k.

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flounder