Hi, I've got a strange problem using pp to compile a Perl script to exe. If I use a small script it works no problem but my script is hanging at the first "Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)" message.

I'm running ActivePerl 5.14..3 Build 1404 and I've just installed PAR::Packer today.

My script looks like this,

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

my $color;
my $summary;
my $statusmsg;

use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use warnings;
use DateTime;

use Win32::OLE;

my $dt   = DateTime->now;   # Stores current date and time as datetime
+ object
my $date = $dt->dmy;   # Retrieves date as a string in 'dd-mm-yyyy' fo
+rmat
my $time = $dt->hms;   # Retrieves time as a string in 'hh:mm:ss' form
+at

my $datetime = "$date $time";   # creates 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss' string

my $computer = "localhost";
my $WMI = Win32::OLE->GetObject("winmgmts:\\\\$computer\\root\\CIMV2")
+ or die;

my $diskQ = $WMI->ExecQuery("SELECT CurrentDiskQueueLength FROM Win32_
+PerfFormattedData_PerfDisk_LogicalDisk where Name = C:");

if ($diskQ > 10) {

        $color = "red";
        $summary = "$datetime Current Disk Queue length for drive C: $
+diskQ";
        $statusmsg = "&red Current Disk Queue length for Drive C: is >
+ 10\n\n";
}
else {
        $color = "green";
        $summary = "$datetime Current Disk Queue length for drive C: $
+diskQ";
        $statusmsg = "&red Current Disk Queue length for Drive C: is <
+ 10\n\n";
}

open (MYFILE, 'C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\diskQ.txt');
print MYFILE $color;
print MYFILE $summary;
print MYFILE $statusmsg;
close (MYFILE);

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I've syntax checked it with Perl -c and with Enginsite Perl Editor so I know I have all the modules installed so has anyone any ideas about why it might be hanging?

In reply to Issue with pp compile by fazedandconfused

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