moked has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks

while running the next code on WinXP

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Win32::Process::Info;

my $pi = Win32::Process::Info->new (undef, 'WMI'); #line 6

I got the next error:
Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/Process/Info.pm line 202.
Can't locate object method "_Typelibs" via package "Win32::OLE::Const" at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/OLE/Cons t.pm line 20.
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/Process/Info/WMI.pm line 162.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/Process/Info/WMI.pm line 162.
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/Process/Info.pm line 199. at C:\try8.pl line 6

my perl version is 5.8.6
and my Win32::Process::Info::VERSION is 1.003

I'm kind of stuck with this error
and I need help
am I missing a module?
has anyone ever see this error?
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Re: Errors while running Win32::Process on WinXP
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Dec 30, 2004 at 10:30 UTC
    my perl version is 5.8.6 and my Win32::Process::Info::VERSION is 1.003
    The error message clearly identifies Win32::OLE::Const, so which version of Win32::OLE::Const version do you have (or rather which version of Win32::OLE)? Try upgrading.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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      I Do seem to have a problem with my Win32::OLE
      I tried to find the version and what I got was:

      C:\>perl -MWin32::OLE::Const -e "die $Win32::OLE::Const::VERSION"

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      and the output was 
      Win32::OLE object version 0.1403 does not match $Win32::OLE::VERSION 0
+.17 at C:/Perl/lib/DynaLoader.
pm line 253.
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/OLE/Const.pm line 7
+.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/OLE/Const.pm li
+ne 7.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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      which of these versions is the bad one?
      when I intalled the Win32-OLE.ppd I saw that it was installed into
      C:\perl\site\lib and NOT C:\perl\lib
      is this OK??
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Re: Errors while running Win32::Process on WinXP
by sasikumar (Monk) on Dec 30, 2004 at 10:31 UTC
    Hi moked

    Please use the module Win32::Process::Info and Win32::OLE from active state. Use the ppm to install your module. Active state has the version 1.002. This should fix your problem.

    In the command prompt type 
    ppm install Win32-Process-Info
ppm install Win32-OLE

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    (I have asumed that you have used the active state perl)

    Thanks
    SasiKumar
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      I have istalled all of the above

      and the error messege remains

      Moked
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Re: Errors while running Win32::Process on WinXP
by moked (Beadle) on Dec 30, 2004 at 14:21 UTC
    As I wrote Befroe, it seems the error is in the Win32::OLE
    since I tried to find the Win32::OLE version so I wrote:

    C:\>perl -MWin32::OLE::Const -e "die $Win32::OLE::Const::VERSION"

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    and the output was 
    Win32::OLE object version 0.1403 does not match $Win32::OLE::VERSION 0
+.17 at C:/Perl/lib/DynaLoader.
pm line 253.
Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/OLE/Const.pm line 7
+.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/Win32/OLE/Const.pm li
+ne 7.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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    does antone knows how to deal with this error?
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      The Win32 libraries should reside under X:/Perl/lib/Win32 (where X is the drive you installed Perl on). You can do one of the following.

      1. move the Win32 directory from c:/Perl/lib to c:/Perl/site/lib (ending up with OLE::Const at c:/Perl/lib/Win32/OLE/Const.pm) and reinstall Win32::OLE
      2. or delete the Win32 directory from c:/Perl/lib/ and reinstall any missing modules

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Re: Errors while running Win32::Process on WinXP
by sasikumar (Monk) on Dec 30, 2004 at 13:48 UTC

    Please let us know the version of all the packages. I dont have a winxp system to reproduce the problem.
    Thanks
    SasiKumar
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