Using Perl as the eventhandler

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I would like to use Perl as the evenhanlder on our windows 2k Retro 6.5 Multiserver.

IIRC you can use any language you want, as long as it's supported by windows scripting host (or something like that)?

ActivePerl installs just this way (as well as being free -YAY- ). Am I correct in assuming that I can use Perl if I install ActivePerl then?

 

[blaqb0x]

Increment,

 

You can use Activeperl or any perl but, I don' t think you can run it with out either turning it into a binary(.exe) or having a batch file execute it. There are some other scripting languages that are supported aswell but if you want to use perl then those are the easiest ways I can think of.

 

HTH

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Thanks for the reply...

 

I already knew about calling it from a batch script.

It was ActivePerl specifically that caught my eye. Because it registers itself as a valid scripting language in WindowsScripting host, Retro shouldn't see a difference between it and a batch script or a VBS script or JScript. It's Windows Scripting Host that does all the work.

i.e. It should work like an executable.

 

This is what I'm thinking anyway. I'm just wondering if I'm wrong.

 

Of course, unless someone from Dantz wants to pipe in, I could just test it out.

Except that would require me to actually brew up a script.

 

[Guest psykoyiko]

I couldn't get it work as retroeventhandler.pl in the Retrospect directory, but calling the script through a batch file seems to work just fine.