Check out the activestate web site for more detail, but there are some environment variables that you should try. The one I used to use is HTTP_PROXY. Go to ActiveState's site and do a search for firewall and you should find the right page.
-----Original Message----- From: Rajendra Babu, Praveen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:52 PM To: 'Timothy Johnson'; Rajendra Babu, Praveen; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Perl and MS-Excel Hi Timothy, Please find my answers embedded below: -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 15 October 2002 10:39 AM To: 'Rajendra Babu, Praveen'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Perl and MS-Excel The standard Activestate repository also has this module, so: 1) Have you installed other modules via PPM? NO, this is my first installation 2) Are you behind a firewall? I don't know, but I guess it should be the reason since as per other ways to install from the web page http://search.cpan.org/src/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.39/INSTALL, the below test failed. ppm > install File-Test 3) What version of ActivePerl are you using? The version I am using is ActiveState Perl v5.6.1 SO if I am behind the FIREWALL, what should I do to make the installation happen ? Please advice. Thanks, Praveen -----Original Message----- From: Rajendra Babu, Praveen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:32 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Perl and MS-Excel Hi All, I am working on to interact Perl with MS-Excel under Windows '98. In this regard I am installing a module called Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. As per the instructions at the webpage http://homepage.tinet.ie/~jmcnamara/perl/PerlExcelFaq.html, I went about installing the module. But, I get the below error while installing via the "ppm" utility. "Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel': Could not locate a PPD file for package Spreadsheet-WriteExcel" Operating System: Windows '98 Perl version : ActiveState Perl v5.6.1 Please see below the snippet of the system interaction while installing the module. Any help would be very highly appreciated. Thanks, Praveen ========================================================================== C:\Perl>ppm PPM interactive shell (2.1.6) - type 'help' for available commands. PPM> set repository tmp http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl PPM> install Spreadsheet-WriteExcel Install package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel?' (y/N): y Installing package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel'... Error installing package 'Spreadsheet-WriteExcel': Could not locate a PPD file for package Spreadsheet-WriteExcel PPM> ========================================================================== IMPORTANT- (1) The contents of this email and its attachments are confidential and intended only for the individual or entity named above. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact us, then delete the email. (2) ACNielsen collects personal information to provide and market our services. For more information about use, disclosure and access see our privacy policy at <www.acnielsen.com.au> or contact us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT- (1) The contents of this email and its attachments are confidential and intended only for the individual or entity named above. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact us, then delete the email. (2) ACNielsen collects personal information to provide and market our services. For more information about use, disclosure and access see our privacy policy at <www.acnielsen.com.au> or contact us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
