PAR Packer exe file doesn't run

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

Dear Monks,

I'm creating standalone executable files using PAR Packer which worked fine till yet. But now I have a little problem. My script (GUI with Tk if that matters) runs without error or warning. When I create the exe file, I'm getting no warning or error also although debugging is turned on. But the exe file I get doesn't start. Though, no error message again... simply nothing happens.

What could be the reason for that?

Only strange thing is, that the exe file seems to be unusualy large (13MB)

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Re: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2011 at 07:16 UTC
What could be the reason for that? See Basic debugging checklist, turn on debugging, and you tell us See also PAR::FAQ, PAR::Tutorial, Re: Packaged binary fails on perlless systems [win32]	[reply]
Re^2: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Microcebus (Beadle) on Jul 15, 2011 at 09:52 UTC
hmm... where do I have to turn on debugging? In the par.pl file? How can I do this? By adding the line `$ENV{PAR_GLOBAL_DEBUG}=1;` ???	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2011 at 09:56 UTC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable, Behind the GUI lives the Shell	[reply]
Re^2: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2011 at 10:42 UTC
ok. debugging is turned on. While packing I get sevaral messages like Unpacking file "7fef71be/AutoLoader.pm"... but exe file still doesn't run, script runs without problems	[reply]
Re^3: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2011 at 11:03 UTC
ok. debugging is turned on. While packing I get sevaral messages like Unpacking file "7fef71be/AutoLoader.pm"... but exe file still doesn't run, script runs without problems You should be getting the same messages when running the program `$ pp -e " use Tk; tkinit->MainLoop " $ set PAR_GLOBAL_DEBUG=1 $ a ... Unpacking file "ffd69863/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl.dll"... $ENV{PAR_TEMP} = ...` [download] Are you sure you set the enviromental variable in the shell? I would do as Basic debugging checklist suggests, and start inserting print statements into your program	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Microcebus (Beadle) on Jul 15, 2011 at 11:18 UTC
Re^5: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2011 at 11:30 UTC
Re: PAR Packer exe file doesn't run by bart (Canon) on Jul 15, 2011 at 12:17 UTC
Only strange thing is, that the exe file seems to be unusualy large (13MB) That is probably because the executable contains all of perl.	[reply]