It looks like it is still looking for a C compiler. I happened to be using cygwin to access my unix servers so I already had GCC. You can pull down gcc for windows from SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcw/ Fred
________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of patrick zandi Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 5:37 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARSPERL:complile question - Windows ** till getting error:: here is the error log.. Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790] (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp. C:\ARSperl-1.90>nmake Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. Skip blib\lib/ARSarerrno-h.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSnparm.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/artypes.ph (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/_h2ph_pre.ph (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSar- h.pm <http://h.pm> (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSnterrno-h.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSnt-h.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSOOsup.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSOOmsgs.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARSOOform.pm (unchanged) Skip blib\lib/ARS.pm (unchanged) cl -c -I"c:\Program Files\AR System\Arserver\Api/include" -nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_H ASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_P ERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DVERSION=\"1.90\" -DXS_VER SION=\"1.90\" "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE" -D_WIN32 -DARS32 -DARS452 -DPERL_PATCHLE VEL_IS=8 -DPERL_SUBVERSION_IS=8 -DPERL_BASEREV_IS=50 ARS.c 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x1' Stop. C:\ARSperl-1.90> On 6/18/07, Grooms, Frederick W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ** If you don't have some sort of compiler on your windows box (like visual C, ...) you will have to pull down a copy of nmake. A quick google found this site which talks about nmake http://johnbokma.com/perl/make-for-windows.html and perl. Fred -- Patrick Zandi __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"