Re^4: Questions about about what happens after user input

Rob, I've been following your travails in the chatterbox. You are double-clicking on the icon and it is running as a Windows program. It is closing as soon as it gets the name. Run the program as a commandline program from a command line window (dos window). You will do fine.

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Re^5: Questions about about what happens after user input by ROB6789 (Novice) on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:36 UTC
so how exactly do i do that (im 12)	[reply]
Re^6: Questions about about what happens after user input by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 06, 2005 at 16:36 UTC
You click the start menu, and then find the menu entry called "MS-DOS Prompt". Depending on how your installation is configured, you may have to change directory into the directory where your Perl script resides. Then just type "perl scriptname". This is one way, and the way most likely to work in the widest range of Windows environments. I too followed your CB queries. Age notwithstanding you should still read perlintro and perlfaq1 through perlfaq9. You can also see some Perl usage info that is operating system dependant in perlrun, and in your case, perlwin32. And if you intend to continue learning Perl, I strongly recommend the book Learning Perl published by O'Reilly & Associates. Dave	[reply]