in reply to Chart::Gnuplot and Windows XP

Has anybody made Chart::Gnuplot with gnuplot work under Windows XP? Or is this yet another reason to change OS?!
Wow, just wow, the drama :) 
 
    # Create chart object and specify the properties of the chart
    my $chart = Chart::Gnuplot->new(
        output => "fig/simple.png",
        title  => "Simple testing",
        xlabel => "My x-axis label",
        ylabel => "My y-axis label",
        ....
        gnuplot => "dramaqueen.exe",
    );

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http://search.cpan.org/~kwmak/Chart-Gnuplot-0.05/lib/Chart/Gnuplot.pm#gnuplot

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Re^2: Chart::Gnuplot and Windows XP
by dHarry (Abbot) on Nov 05, 2008 at 12:47 UTC

    Bless you brother, I completely missed the gnuplot => "path to exe" option. However, also in this case I get an Invalid Parameter - 90 error message.

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[d/l]
      Based on your other reply, it seems that you are mixing "/" and "\" directory separators in your chart's file name. Try not to... :-)

      the file name should either be
      \tmp\NTEVfipQVM\plot or
      /tmp/NTEVfipQVM/plot but not
      \tmp\NTEVfipQVM/plot ...

      []s, HTH, Massa (κς,πμ,πλ)
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[d/l]
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        It's not me mixing up "/" and "\", judge for yourself:

        use strict;
use warnings;
use Chart::Gnuplot;

    my $chart = Chart::Gnuplot->new(
        output => "c:/tmp/test.png",
        title  => "Simple testing",
        xlabel => "My x-axis label",
        ylabel => "My y-axis label",
        gnuplot => "C:/gnuplot/binaries/wgnuplot.exe",
    );

    my $dataSet = Chart::Gnuplot::DataSet->new(
        func => "sin(x)"
    );

    $chart->plot2d($dataSet);
    
    print "Done...\n";

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        Resulting in the familiar error message;-)

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[d/l]
      However, also in this case I get an Invalid Parameter - 90 error message

      I'm starting to get the feeling that the gnuplot executable and wgnuplot.exe must take different arguments.

      Cheers,
      Rob
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[d/l]
      Hmm, works for me :/

      I used gp424win32.zip from here.

      I also removed DIR => '/tmp' from Gnuplot.pm, because I like my existing temp directory just fine.

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[d/l]

        Hmm, I use exactly the same stuff. I think I redo the installation of both and try again. What Perl and what version of Chart::Gnuplot do you use?

        Cheers
        dHarry

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