Hi Jane,
If you don't get an answer on this list, you might consider a posting to
the Net-z3950 list [1].
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacobs, Jane W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 7:51 AM
> To: perl4lib@perl.org
> Subject: Z39.50 Module
>
> Hi folks,
>
>
>
> Is anyone using the Z39.50 Module on a Windows System?
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>
>
> I'm trying to, so far without success. I am using Windows 2000. I
> working with Perl on D: (a hard drive partition), not C,
> because our IT
> department, sensibly, likes to keep C: for the standard installation.
> First I tried the basic Perl. At makefile.pl I get the error:
>
>
>
> D:\Perl\Net-Z3950-0.50>perl Makefile.pl
>
> 'yaz-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>
> operable program or batch file.
>
> 'yaz-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>
> operable program or batch file.
>
> ERROR: Unable to call script 'yaz-config': is YAZ installed? at
> Makefile.pl line
>
> 12.
>
>
>
> I thought I installed YAZ to a folder entitled D:\Perl\YAZ yet perhaps
> this is not where it is expected in the file structure.
>
>
>
> Reading on in the documentation
> (http://perl.z3950.org/support/windows.html) I find that:
>
>
>
> "Despite one or two apocryphal success stories (and I'd love to get a
> definitive one), most people who have tried to build the Net::Z3950
> module on Microsoft's Windows operating systems have found that they
> can't get the Event module (a prerequisite) built."
>
>
>
> I don't think I got quite that far, but decided it might be
> time to try
> plan B and install VBZOOM anyway. I couldn't get that to work either.
> Here I get the error message:
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>
>
> "Component 'RICHTX32.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly
> registered; a file is missing or invalid."
>
>
>
> I found RICHTX32.OCX, no clue what "its dependencies" might be. I
> thought perhaps RICHTX32.OCX was not where it was expected
> and could be
> copied to another location, but where would that be?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
>
> JJ
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> **Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of
> the Queens Library.**
>
> Jane Jacobs
>
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