Re: Hello! What can I do with wxPerl+Windows right now?
[email protected] (Don Peddicord) Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:46:39 -0500
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--Apple-Mail-DD79350B-52CE-4237-A470-5D631C9B7403 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Brett, <div>I am a little confused by w= hat you are asking. WxPerl is not an executable, but a means of providing wx= Widgets to the Perl interpreter. . . This would be used as part of a Perl ba= sed application. There are ways to move that to an .exe (ActiveState perlapp= does this, but is not freeeware and their support has lagged over the years= .) it=E2=80=99s main tool is parpacker. It has been a few years since I have= used it.</div><div>The project I am on created a wrapper for the Perl inter= preter which limited its execution to only the code we provide as part of ou= r application. (SCAP Compliance Checker.) <br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginnin= gOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Don Peddicord </div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br= ><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Nov 21, 2024, at 11:27=E2=80=AFPM, Brett Estra= de <[email protected]> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockqu= ote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I was supe= r happy to read about the revival of wxPerl from Johan Vromans!</div><div><b= r></div><div>Question - where should I start with install it? This has alway= s been the hardest step for me.</div><div><br></div><div>I think that I woul= d like to focus on a repeatable process that would let me:</div><div><br></d= iv><div>1. create a development environment on Windows</div><div>2. clear st= eps to distribute the resulting "EXE" or installer for distributing to other= WIndows users without dealing with any of the parts related to #2</div><div= ><br></div><div>Is this possible? Here is something we came up with in colla= boration last year,</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://github.com/T= he-Perl-Cottage-Guild/HOWTO-Windows-GUI-Applications/tree/master/wxPerl">htt= ps://github.com/The-Perl-Cottage-Guild/HOWTO-Windows-GUI-Applications/tree/m= aster/wxPerl</a>, and related video</div><div><a href=3D"https://www.youtube= .com/watch?v=3DzOW8fMrpIS0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DzOW8fMrpIS0</a= ></div><div><br></div><div>This is basically full of figuring out what could= be done (barely). I also did a lot of playing around with wxPerl Citrus and= some <a href=3D"http://archive.org">archive.org</a> spelunking of different= past attempts to provide development environment for Windows that would jus= t spit out a self-contained .exe - which would be ideal for what I'd like to= do. I definitely agree, being able to reliably bang out wxPerl for Windows w= ould really rock. Another big reason I am drawn to wxWindows is the existenc= e of wxGlade. I found it is written in Python but supports emitting out to P= erl.</div><div><br></div><div>So here should I start with seeing how to get t= hings going on Windows in 2024?<br><br></div><div>Thanks!<br></div><div>Bret= t<br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"= ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D= "ltr">This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) an= d may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use o= r disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please co= ntact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original messa= ge. Thank you.<br></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-DD79350B-52CE-4237-A470-5D631C9B7403--