I don't know much about Inline::C, but in general, you cannot do that.

You have to use the compiler perl was compiled with. ActivePerl is compiled using cl (perl -V:cc)

Either buy Microsoft Visual Studio, or download the perl sourcecode (ActivePerl from http://downloads.activestate.com/), and compile everything yourself from scratch using DJGPP (or Borland's free compiler, see outside links for a link), including Inline::C.

Do understand that if you do this, using PPM is gonna be pretty much useless, cause all PPM repositories use CL as the compiler (cause if you got a compiler like DJGPP, you don't need PPM).

MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo! ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.