Just FYI - I also stopped using ActiveState PERL since I learned how powerful Strawberry PERL is. You can still use PPM and POD, now Windows can use CPAN and source too!

Also: PERL makes Windows Executables!

1.) Install Strawberry PERL in Windows (Not ActiveState PERL) - Strawberry has a C/C++ Compiler and CPAN and PPM support!

2.) Open a command prompt and add PAR-Packer: (If you use a proxy server, set environment: HTTP_proxy http://YourProxy:8080)

cpan

install PAR::Packer

3.) Create a fully distributable Win32 binary EXE using pp and your current PERL scripts from the command line:

pp -o hello.exe helloworld.pl

4.) Add PERL Tk via PPM command line to create Windows GUI programs

ppm install Tk