Hello,

First of all, I am definitely an amateur Perl programmer, although I am permanently sold on its capability.

I had written an application to get shipping rates from UPS and USPS (post office), and I'm ready to add FedEx to the mix. I thought it might be just as easy as UPS and USPS, but that has not been the case.

After trying to (unsuccessfully) write my own stuff using LWP, I found "Business::FedEx::DirectConnect" by searching on CPAN, and hoped that someone else had ironed out the finicky requirements of the FedEx servers.

Unfortunately, I think there may be a problem with the installation of the module at my provider (pair networks), since the error message is as follows (simply by having the line "use Business::FedEx::DirectConnect;"):

PS_Ship_Select.cgi: "$FE_RE" is not exported by the Business::FedEx::Constants module
PS_Ship_Select.cgi: "$FE_SE" is not exported by the Business::FedEx::Constants module
PS_Ship_Select.cgi: "$FE_TT" is not exported by the Business::FedEx::Constants module
PS_Ship_Select.cgi: "$FE_RQ" is not exported by the Business::FedEx::Constants module
PS_Ship_Select.cgi: Can't continue after import errors at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Business/FedEx/DirectConnect.pm line 11
PS_Ship_Select.cgi: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Business/FedEx/DirectConnect.pm line 11.

Where should I look for the problem? Should I approach the IT staff at pair, or the author of the module? Has anyone else had this problem, whether on this or any other module?

Thanks in advance!

Mark

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In reply to Perl Module Error(?): Business::FedEx::DirectConnect by mllott

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