This looks like a --dyndll option issue with Vista - I have a case were I am getting crashes. I have reported the problem to Activestate.
Cheers, jez. > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:37:44 +0000 > CC: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Problem with Win32::GUI and PerlApp with > Vista > > > Hi, > > Thanks for the reply. For the production build I am using PerlApp 6.0.2 - but > for the testing of this issue I am using PerlApp 7.0.0 build 277058 which > should have the fix that was mentioned in bug 36715. I've also tried turning > DEP and messed with other Vista settings and it still fails. > > I've also built Win32::GUI from the code repository. It enters the (win32 > API) function GetOpenFileName and just exits, no error message, no crash. > (BTW using the latest version of activestate perl you can just use the normal > makefile.pl with Mingw as it spots GCC is installed). > > I have also found another function that causes the same problem: > GetSaveFileName - this is potentially more serious as the work around in > using -explorer => 0 doesn't seem to work. > > I have to use the --dyndll option so will do more testing/debugging before > reporting the issue to Activestate. > > Cheers, > > jez. > >> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 13:23:33 +0000 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Problem with Win32::GUI and PerlApp with >> Vista >> CC: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> On 03/12/2007, Jeremy White wrote: >>> It seems the option --dyndll with perlapp causes the problem - I dont know >>> why... >> >> I've not used perlapp, but might it be related to this bug: >> http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=36715 >> >> --dyndll causes (some of?) the bundled libraries to be loaded from >> memory, rather than written to a file and loaded from there. From the >> release notes for V7.0 of the PDK >> (http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/PDK/7.0/Release.html) it >> appears that there was some interaction between this mechanism and >> DEP. IIRC DEP is on by default for (nearly) all applications under >> Win2003 and Vista, but not under XP. >> >> Are you using a version of the PDK prior to 7.0? If so this might >> explain the difference you see between XP and Vista. >> >> Rob. >> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> I'm having an odd problem with using GetOpenFileName - but only when it's >>> converted into an exe with PerlApp. >>>> >>>> Using the demo example >>> (C:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\GUI\demos\GetOpenFileName.pl) I've >>> narrowed it down to the option -explorer => 0 when set to one (which is the >>> new browsing style [1 is the default option]) the application just exists >>> with no error messages or a crash. >>>> >>>> I've tried various versions of Perl (5.8.7 813 and 5.8.8 822) and PerlApp >>> (6.0.2 and 7.0.0) but I always get the same result. I'm using Win32::GUI 1.5 >>> PPM from the sourceforge site. The exe version of GetOpenFileName runs fine >>> under XP - even when built under Vista. >>>> >>>> I'm kinda struggling so I would be grateful for any suggestions? Could it >>> be a Vista security thing? I'll build a version of Win32::GUI and try to >>> track it down... >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> jez. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>> The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail >>>> http://www.newhotmail.co.uk >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper >>>> from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going >>>> mainstream. 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