Importing modules from a par file fails.

balajinagaraju has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, After several attempts at using the PAR packager to package my modules i am facing some problems. Here are few details about what i am trying to do.

I have installed strawberry-perl-5.12.3.0 and i have downloaded few modules from CPAN which are present in my C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib directory.

I have few perl scripts which i have written based on the modules i have downloaded.

Now i have to package all my scripts and the modules those are present at C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib so i am creating a PAR file, until here everything works fine. I am using the below command to add my modules and scripts in to the PAR and all the modules are added fine and generate a file called 'a.par'.

pp -a C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib -B -p D:\ABD\PerlProjects\Sample\Balaji\Test.pl

Now inorder to test it i am using a fresh machine where i installed strawberry perl and wrote a small program to import these modules and check if it works. Below is my program. In the program i am using Win32::GuiTest which is part of my PAR file which i want to use.

#!usr/bin/perl 
use PAR 'a.par'
use Win32::Process;
use Win32::GuiTest;

my $Processobj;

Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,                              "C:\\
+Program Files\\ABD\\Application\\App.exe",
                                ".",
                                0,
                                NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                                "C:\\Program Files\\ABD\\Application")
+|| die "Could not spawn process";
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After this when i run the program i get the below error which i am not able to resolve. Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1.2600 (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\buildrelease>d:

D:\>New.pl Can't locate Win32/GuiTest.pm in @INC (@INC contains: a.par CODE(0x9ef4b4) C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib C:/strawberry/perl/vendor/lib C: /strawberry/perl/lib . CODE(0x9d0764)) at D:\New.pl line 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at D:\New.pl line 5.

Can anybody tell me whats wrong with my approach and correct me.

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Re: Importing modules from a par file fails. by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 01, 2012 at 08:41 UTC
`use PAR 'a.par'` [download] Should be `use PAR 'a.par';` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re: Importing modules from a par file fails. by Anonymous Monk on Jun 01, 2012 at 06:24 UTC
And where is a.par located? Try using absolute paths	[reply]
Re^2: Importing modules from a par file fails. by balajinagaraju (Sexton) on Jun 01, 2012 at 06:31 UTC
I have added a.par to C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib ,since it is one of the inc paths. Should i add alongside my script location?	[reply]
Re^3: Importing modules from a par file fails. by Anonymous Monk on Jun 01, 2012 at 07:18 UTC
I have added a.par to C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib ,since it is one of the inc paths. Should i add alongside my script location? Why did you do that? Why don't you simply try a full path?	[reply]


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