Mark Fowler wrote: > 1) What's a PPD file? Is that like a PPM? I think it's a Perl Package Description that's required if you want to install a module with the Perl Package Manager. > 2) How do I make one? I think that if you have a sufficiently up-to-date ExtUtils::MakeMaker, it's a matter of 'make ppd'. > Erk C code. This is going to require me to have the > (commerical) compiler that built my (activestate) perl isn't > it? Yup. Visual C++, in this case. (Don't forget to run vcvars32.bat in the DOS box you'll be using to set up envariables such as include path &c., before attempting to compile. I think MSVC requires that.) (If there weren't any C, I think Robin could have made the PPD himself with 'make ppd' on a Unix|VMS|... box.) Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.