Hi, just trying to convert a perl script into .exe using pp (part of PAR). Currently using a test script but no matter what script I use I get the same error message... Here is a script snippet (I've not included actual rest of the code as I tried the 'pp -o' command with several scripts all of which work as .pl and all of which give the same error)... 
#!/usr/bin/perl

# Created on 01-Sep-2004 12:29:29

use strict;
use Tk;
use diagnostics;
...
...

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I ran the command "pp -o spript.exe script.pl" to create the stand alone executable but when I run it the error message is...

"couldn't find diagnostic data in D:\cpanrun\build\5-8-0\lib/pods/perldiag.pod CODE(0xe336d0) CODE(0xd3a158) . li3.exe at C:/Perl/lib/Diagnostics.pm line 249, <POD_DIAG> line 24739. Compilation failed in require at script/li2.pl line 7, <POD_DIAG> line 24739. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/li2.pl line 7, <POD_DIAG> line 24739"

Now I removed the line "use diagnostics" and "use strict", no improvement I tried -M perldiag.pod and -l c:\perl\lib\pod\perldiag.pod no improvement I also tried -M diagnostics but then I get a whole new error message (not including this second error as I suspect it is a red herring to the problem)

Thanks in advance

Plotinus

In reply to stand alone executable using "pp -o" wont stand alone! by Plotinus

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