[MacPerl] Making a standalone application.

[terry chay <tychay@physics.uiuc.edu>]

Forgive me if these questions are too simple/idiotic/already on the 
FAQ. I haven't done Perl programming in 6+ years, and I've only 
started to mess with MacPerl last week. :-)

	Basically I would like to present my MacPerl as a stand alone 
application with the source code in the documentation. This way 
people wouldn't need to install the MacPerl application in order to 
run it. I am aware of the bloatware issue--the application just 
contains the compiler and will still be dynamically compiled at 
runtime.

	When I ask MacPerl to compile a runtime, if I move the 
application from the MacPerl folder, the error I might get is...
# Can't locate strict.pm in @INC.
I manually get around this by creating a text resource titled 
"strict.pm" or "MIME:Base64.pm" or whatever and keep adding them 
until it successfully starts up. This can get quite tedious if my 
script uses some Internet packages because those packages seem to 
call other packages until I have 27+ text resources :-)

	In any case, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. In 
the cases it doesn't I can't find if it a human error (I've pasted in 
the wrong resource or whatever) or an error because my method is 
flawed. Is there a way to have MacPerl create and include these 
resources automatically?

	Another issue is licensing. I'm not trying to sell my 
software but I'm unfamiliar if it is actually legal for me to be 
pasting resources such as GUSI.ph or Carp.pm as Resources. If I am 
allowed, what must I include with the distribution?

	Finally, is there a tutorial for using Navigation Services 
with Perl? Basically what I want to have Perl call NS so that it can 
select a folder (or not call NS at all if it is not available and 
instead use GUSI.ph's default folder chooser). I haven't the faintest 
idea where to start. Thankfully I found the code for selecting a 
folder using GUSI in the FAQ.

	Thanks for the help,

		terry



terry chay
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