My apologies for the confusion. I simply meant that running the perl script independantly works fine. Running the executable also 'works' but displays in an undesirable way due the the : not an identifier message.

FOR EXAMPLE: when I run my program it clears the gui window down, and displays username and password in the centre in order for the user to input details. - However when running the executable, the screen is cleared, but the user name is right at the bottom of the screen, with the :not an identifier just above it, and the same stands for when the user has input correct details, the main menu is all messed up because the : not an identifier is printed to screen and shifts everything down.

Its almost like 'something' is getting stored in some kind of buffer. Hopefully i explain this bit right - I changed the executable name and now the last letter on the command line is before the error like: e: is not and identifier, which is almost like it's being left behind asfter pressing 'return' to run the script - does that sound plausable?

In reply to Re^4: Help with pp - Perl Packer by perloHolic()
in thread Help with pp - Perl Packer by perloHolic()

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