Compiled the program on OS 7.6.1 and I was using Perl 5.0.1 or some older version of Perl. I am now going to get the latest distribution & give it a go. Nice to know that my problem was not unrecreatable! I'll keep the list posted if I find anything noteworthy. Thanks, Marc ---------- >From: bart.mediamind@Ping.be (Bart Lateur) >To: MacPerl Mailing List <mac-perl@iis.ee.ethz.ch> >Subject: Re: [MacPerl] Compiled code >Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 2:40 AM > >On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:49:28 -0400, Chris Nandor wrote: > >>The Perl program should run automatically when the runtime app is launched. >>It does for me. > >That's the behaviour I would expect, too. THat's the behaviour I can >remember from a few years back, too. > >But recently, when I tried to build a runtime version instead of a >droplet, I got the same symptoms that Marc described: a slimmed down >version of MacPerl opens the script, and that's it. I haven't got a clue >what I could have done wrong. > >So, there appears to be a real problem. we should try to find out >exactly what causes this. Anybody any clue how we could find out? A lot >has changed on my computer since then, and I wouldn't know where to >start. > > Bart. > >***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? >***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch > ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch