Problem in creating exe using PAR module

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

I have created a perl script for filling PDF form using CAM::PDF module. For GUI I have used Tk Module. I have successfully done that script, it works well as per my expectation.

But now I want to run that script in users machine, which are all not having perl installed. So I try to create exe using PAR module.

Exe is working in my system well but it is not working in the users system.

I have checked all CAM::PDF dependencies and add those in my argument file

FYR: Below I have pasted the dependencies list i used in my argument file

-M Tk
-M Win32
-M File::Basename
-M Data::UUID
-M File::BOM
-M Tk::Dialog
-M Tk::Balloon
-M Tk::Labelframe
-M Tk::Message
-M Tk::Spinbox
-M Tk::Text
-M CAM::PDF
-M Getopt::Long
-M Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
-M English
-M Test::More
-M Crypt::RC4
-M Text::PDF
-M Compress::Zlib
-M Digest::MD5
-M Pod::Usage
-M Cwd
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please anybody can help us to solve this problem

Thanks in Advance

Srikrishnan R.

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Re: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by cdarke (Prior) on Mar 05, 2010 at 07:04 UTC
not working in the users system What happens when you try to run it? Please supply as much information as you can, "not working" is not helpful.	[reply]
Re: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by ZlR (Chaplain) on Mar 05, 2010 at 13:12 UTC
You can rename the exe par created to .zip and look inside that to see what it packed : maybe you'll see something you know you need that is missing. Most of the times i had your problem though i solved it by runing pp on a client machine (ie exact same os) on which we installed perl and par and uninstalled once everything was running ok.	[reply]
Re: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by Anonymous Monk on Mar 05, 2010 at 08:29 UTC
This is how you test on your machine `$ pp .... -o myhotstuff.exe ... $ set path= $ myhotstuff.exe` [download] If you forgot something, myhotstuff.exe won't run on your machine either.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by srikrishnan (Beadle) on Mar 05, 2010 at 12:41 UTC
Hi, Thanks for your reply. Earlier itself some of my perl scripts are not working properly when I try to make exe. Because of some dependencies are not properly identified by PAR module. But I dont know how to identify what are the dependencies it fails to load into the exe. Is there any possibility to identify such things, if it is, anybody will explain it in detail? Also, instead of unzipping the exe in user profiles "temp" folder, is there anyway to make a setup file and install all those files in users "program files" folder? If anybody help us to resolve my above two questions, it would be a great help for me thanks Srikrishnan R.	[reply]
Re^3: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by Anonymous Monk on Mar 05, 2010 at 12:50 UTC
If you cleanse the path, windows will tell you what files are missing, so you add the missing files, create exe, cleanse path again, and try to run again. If another file is missing, windows will tell you again. You repeat until you're finished. Alternatively you use dependencywalker .... Re^3: Fail to pp cairo, pango on windows, Embedding extra DLLs into .exe and finding them again	[reply]
Re^3: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by Anonymous Monk on Mar 05, 2010 at 12:57 UTC
Also, instead of unzipping the exe in user profiles "temp" folder, is there anyway to make a setup file and install all those files in users "program files" folder? Um, its a single exe file, you click on it and it runs. Another option is Cava Packager Alternatively you can create your own perl distribution .msi type installer, see Perl::Dist::WiX	[reply]
Re^4: Problem in creating exe using PAR module by srikrishnan (Beadle) on Mar 09, 2010 at 06:22 UTC