I apologise if I have posted this in the wrong place - there is so little about the Builder package that I thought it would be sensible to ask someone who has already succeeded with it. And I'm going crazy with this problem anyway!

I have installed SWF::Builder 0.16 on a W2K box (under ActiveState perl) and attempted to run a couple of examples including the one by zentara at http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=515732 (the other examples are supplied with the package).

When I run an example I get the message "Failed loading font module. It is necessary to install Font-FreeType or Font-TTF to use outline fonts at D:/program files/perl/site/lib/SWF/Builder.pm line 166".

However, I can see that the modules FreeType.pm and TTF.pm are already installed in the directory ...\SWF\Builder\Character\Font.

A few of my own examples have worked but only those which don't involve text or fonts.

Can anyone suggest how to get this going?

Thank you!

In reply to Problem with SWF::Builder Installation? by jammyb

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