Problem with Image::ExifTool and pp

Tomcat7194 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello. I am trying to use pp to package a script that makes use of Image::ExifTool. I'm using ActivePerl on Win32.
When I just try to run pp ie (pp -o PicasaTest.exe PicassaNoGui.pl), I get an executable, but when I try to run it, it returns the following error:

"Error while attempting to call Image::ExifTool::SetNewValue
Can't locate Image/ExifTool/Writer.pl in @INC (@INC contains: C:\Users
+\TOMSMI~1\
AppData\Local\Temp\par-Tom_Smith\cache-1e66579c8cce873c221e2c86b830550
+64fe089d4\
inc\lib C:\Users\TOMSMI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\par-Tom_Smith\cache-1e665
+79c8cce873
c221e2c86b83055064fe089d4\inc CODE(0x1806e9c) CODE(0x180666c)) at (eva
+l 19) line
 1, <PICASAFILE> line 13."
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So, I try to run pp with a command to include the file:

pp -a C:\Perl\site\lib\Image\ExifTool\Writer.pl
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Which pp does, according to its output:

"adding C:/Perl/site/lib/Image/ExifTool/Writer.pl as Perl/site/lib/Ima
+ge/ExifTool/Writer.pl"
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However, when I run the resulting exe, I get the same error as above.
Any ideas? Thanks! Tom

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Re: Problem with Image::ExifTool and pp by pileofrogs (Priest) on Jan 29, 2009 at 23:28 UTC
Hi, since no one has helped you out with a direct answer, I'll subject you to one of my vague proto-answers. Have you tried using pp to build a "hello world" app or similar? Make sure you do that. Then, if it still doesn't work, make something progressively more complex until it breaks. Then you'll know what's breaking. --Pileofrogs	[reply]
Re^2: Problem with Image::ExifTool and pp by Tomcat7194 (Novice) on Jan 29, 2009 at 23:47 UTC
Hey, thanks, yeah pp works fine with a basic app. I ran some tests with a less complex version of my full script. The full script uses Tk to implement a GUI--when I got rid of the GUI and ran pp on it with the -x option (where it runs the program to check for extra dependencies), the resulting exe worked fine. However, when I added the GUI back in and tried to run it with -x, pp launched the app with the full GUI, but once I had finished running the app and quit out of it, pp just hung at the command line and never created an exe. Maybe there's a way to get it to run with -x on the GUI version? I should also point out that this is not unique to pp--I'm getting the same error when I use perl2exe. Tom	[reply]
Re^3: Problem with Image::ExifTool and pp by boardhead (Novice) on Feb 05, 2009 at 17:06 UTC
I don't think you want to specify an absolute path for the included modules. Also, I would use -M. So here is an @-file that should work, assuming the exiftool modules are in a directory called 'lib' when you run pp: -o myscript.exe -I lib -M Image::ExifTool::AFCP -M Image::ExifTool::AIFF -M Image::ExifTool::APE -M Image::ExifTool::APP12 -M Image::ExifTool::ASF -M Image::ExifTool::BMP -M Image::ExifTool::BZZ -M Image::ExifTool::BigTIFF -M Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup -M Image::ExifTool::Canon -M Image::ExifTool::CanonCustom -M Image::ExifTool::CanonRaw -M Image::ExifTool::CanonVRD -M Image::ExifTool::Casio -M Image::ExifTool::DICOM -M Image::ExifTool::DNG -M Image::ExifTool::DjVu -M Image::ExifTool::EXE -M Image::ExifTool::Exif -M Image::ExifTool::Fixup -M Image::ExifTool::FLAC -M Image::ExifTool::Flash -M Image::ExifTool::FlashPix -M Image::ExifTool::FotoStation -M Image::ExifTool::FujiFilm -M Image::ExifTool::GeoTiff -M Image::ExifTool::GIF -M Image::ExifTool::GPS -M Image::ExifTool::HP -M Image::ExifTool::HTML -M Image::ExifTool::HtmlDump -M Image::ExifTool::ICC_Profile -M Image::ExifTool::ID3 -M Image::ExifTool::IPTC -M Image::ExifTool::ITC -M Image::ExifTool::JPEG -M Image::ExifTool::Jpeg2000 -M Image::ExifTool::JVC -M Image::ExifTool::Kodak -M Image::ExifTool::KyoceraRaw -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::ch_s -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::cz -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::de -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::en_ca -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::en_gb -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::es -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::fr -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::it -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::jp -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::nl -M Image::ExifTool::Lang::pl -M Image::ExifTool::Leaf -M Image::ExifTool::MakerNotes -M Image::ExifTool::MIE -M Image::ExifTool::MIFF -M Image::ExifTool::Minolta -M Image::ExifTool::MinoltaRaw -M Image::ExifTool::MNG -M Image::ExifTool::MPC -M Image::ExifTool::MPEG -M Image::ExifTool::Nikon -M Image::ExifTool::NikonCapture -M Image::ExifTool::Olympus -M Image::ExifTool::Panasonic -M Image::ExifTool::PDF -M Image::ExifTool::Pentax -M Image::ExifTool::PhotoMechanic -M Image::ExifTool::Photoshop -M Image::ExifTool::PICT -M Image::ExifTool::PNG -M Image::ExifTool::PostScript -M Image::ExifTool::PPM -M Image::ExifTool::PrintIM -M Image::ExifTool::QuickTime -M Image::ExifTool::Rawzor -M Image::ExifTool::Real -M Image::ExifTool::Ricoh -M Image::ExifTool::RIFF -M Image::ExifTool::Sanyo -M Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts -M Image::ExifTool::Sigma -M Image::ExifTool::SigmaRaw -M Image::ExifTool::Sony -M Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML -M Image::ExifTool::TagLookup -M Image::ExifTool::Unknown -M Image::ExifTool::Vorbis -M Image::ExifTool::XMP -M Image::ExifTool::XMP2 -M Image::ExifTool::ZIP -M Image::File::RandomAccess -M Image/ExifTool/Shift.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WriteCanonRaw.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WriteExif.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WriteIPTC.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WritePDF.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WritePhotoshop.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WritePNG.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WritePostScript.pl -M Image/ExifTool/Writer.pl -M Image/ExifTool/WriteXMP.pl myscript	[reply]
Re: Problem with Image::ExifTool and pp by hominid (Priest) on Jan 30, 2009 at 13:31 UTC
I can't help with pp, but I have had very good luck with Cava.	[reply]