Thanks for the response
Yes I have - I currently have a script that requires two input variables from the user. These are gathered using STDIN in perl world.
However I need to compile this to a Windows binary - which works, but the program runs as usual (as you would expect) where the app waits for the input on the command line.
e.g. c:\MyBinary.exe <CR>parameter1<CR>parameter2<CR>output!
I need it to accept switches as per my previous example.
I do realize this is a lame question from a Perl newbie - but I have been searching for this information for several hours without success (including the docs for perl2exe, the lama and Perl Monks - if this is not a suitable question for this board I apologise.
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Okay I answered my own question eventually.
For any other new folks - it looks like the module Getopt::Std will do the trick.
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Basically, command line parameter/switch handling is no different under Perl2Exe than it is under Perl itself (perl.exe). All command line parameters are collected in the @ARGV array and there are modules like Getopt::Long that help you conveniently separate switches, values and parameters.
Personally, I discourage you from using Getopt::Std, because it was written by TheDamian for his book Perl Best Practices and has seen no widespread use outside of that. 1 Getopt::Long, together with Pod::Usage is what I use to handle documentation and command line switches.
Update: 1 I was thinking of Getopt::Euclid resp. Class::Std, neither of which are recommendable IMO.
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