Ok, ok, this is not a new question, but I would like to make a broad approach here. Please note that I'm talking specifically about Win32 machines.

I was first inspired by Shipping standalone perl apps on Win32, on the part it says "For some applications, it might be much more practical to create a perl "distribution" on CD containing ActivePerl or IndigoPerl and the additional modules you are using, together with your application."

So, I was wondering:

1) Can I have a CD with:
  1. a Perl app runing directly from the CD using
  2. an ActivePerl running also on the CD
  3. If a and b are possible, can this app write to the machine's hard drive?
2) Is it possible to make a Perl Tk or non-Tk app that:
  1. Installs ActivePerl on the users machine*
  2. "Installs" the Perl app
* Remember that the installer should call ActivePerl's installer first and when it's done call the app "installer")

I would like to hear some opinions about this, because to me sounds like a somewhat crazy idea, but that could be a great possibility to ship Perl apps.

Thanks in advance,

my ($author_nickname, $author_email) = ("DaWolf","erabbott\@terra.com.br") if ($author_name eq "Er Galvão Abbott");

In reply to Perl app installer or runing itself on a CD by DaWolf

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