"Dillon, John" wrote: > I've spent ages looking to find the front door into Perl. > > I have downloaded the Win32 version and installed that using > MSI on Windows NT. It doesn't create an icon on the desktop.
Why should it? Desktops are for the least sophisticated users, only. > > The only .exe's I find open into a window with a black > background - is that it? Perl is a command-line utility. It is best to run it from a command prompt. Under Win9.x, this is called MS-DOS Prompt. Under Win32, it is called simply command prompt. > If so, what's next? Is there some > GUI within which to write the code, The vlack screen is the editor. By calling perl directly, without the name of a Perl file, you have opened the command-line interpreter. You can write your code into this, and signal the end-of-code with CTL-Z. The interpreter should then compile your code and run it. > how do I execute a > program... I know PHP and MySQL and have done Visual Basic. Mopre typically, you will write your file in a code editor[ie an editor that provides auto-indent features andsimilar programmers conveniences] then run it from the command prompt. You command prompt can be found at Start|Programs|Accessories|Command Prompt I would suggest right-dragging this to your desktop and copying it. If you are getting serious about computing, you will be using it a lot. > Thanks, > > John > > http://www.cantor.com > CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail, including its contents and attachments, if any, are > confidential. No they are not. They were posted to a public list. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
