Re: beginner

What are you trying to do?

If you're writing a Perl program to use as a CGI script, you'll need some sort of web server. There are lots of things to check there.

If you're not writing CGI, you'll have better luck downloading Perl itself, installing it on your machine.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

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Re: Re: beginner by Anonymous Monk on Aug 30, 2001 at 01:01 UTC
Chromatic. Thanks for being "beginner" understanding. I did download Perl and installed it following instructions from the website at ActivePerl.com I am using Windows 98 and PWS so just testing a sample file using the browser was not displaying the output but I was getting a pop up to save or downoad the file. Strange. It sounds like perl extensions are not recognized. Although the installation of perl from that activeperl.com site should do that automatically. Does what I said make any sense. I do need the help to get started. I appreciate your patience with me. Regards, Nick	[reply]

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Re: Re: beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 30, 2001 at 01:01 UTC

Chromatic. Thanks for being "beginner" understanding. I did download Perl and installed it following instructions from the website at ActivePerl.com I am using Windows 98 and PWS so just testing a sample file using the browser was not displaying the output but I was getting a pop up to save or downoad the file. Strange. It sounds like perl extensions are not recognized. Although the installation of perl from that activeperl.com site should do that automatically. Does what I said make any sense. I do need the help to get started. I appreciate your patience with me. Regards, Nick

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