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| Renrav
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| Wed 08 Sep 2010 01:53 AM (UTC) |
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| I'm running MUSH 4.43 on a 64-bit windows 7 install.
I'm trying to start scripting in Perl(Perl because I'm really familiar with the language), but I'm hitting this error:
Quote:
finding CLSID of scripting language "PerlScript"
World: ZombieWorld
Error -2147221005 occurred when finding CLSID of scripting language "PerlScript":
Invalid class string
which is telling me that MUSH has not been able to find the perl installation that I have (ActivePerl 5.12):
Quote:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\USER>perl -v
This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 1 (v5.12.1) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
(with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2010, Larry Wall
Binary build 1201 [292674] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com
Built May 14 2010 00:22:26
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
After searching these forums and the web I expected to be able to click the register DLL button in the scripting window, but it's greyed out for perlscript.
I've tried copying perl512.ddl to different places, but I'm just not having any luck.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Renrav
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
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| Reply #1 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 02:07 AM (UTC) |
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| Sounds like the script engine is not installed. Running Perl from the command line doesn't use the script engine.
Try finding it here:
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
You want "Active Perl" or the script interface, whatever they call it exactly. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Worstje
Netherlands (899 posts) Bio
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| Reply #2 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 05:30 AM (UTC) |
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| I see the most important thing not mentioned...
Install the 32-bit version of the Perl libraries. No harm in installing the 64-bit ones, but you definitely need the entire doodah in 32-bit for it to work with MUSHclient, since MUSHclient is 32-bit itself, and it is impossible to communicate with a 64-bit Perl for more reasons than I can count. Make sure that _everything_ that needs to be done to get it working properly is done in a _32-bit_ context (there is such a thing as a 32-bit and a 64-bit explorer if you have 64-bit windows), as Windows has a fair bit of hocus pocus going on to hide the differences from users.
I ran into this issue when trying to get Python working on my new 64-bit installation of Windows. Combined with the fact the latter had a bit broken WSH scripting interfaces in newer versions, it took me a while to find the issue.
(Of course, I'm probably going to get laughed at and told there's no such thing as a 64-bit Perl package, but I don't know anything about Perl, so just throwing it up in case there might be one.) | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Twisol
USA (2,257 posts) Bio
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| Reply #3 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:35 AM (UTC) |
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Worstje said:
(Of course, I'm probably going to get laughed at and told there's no such thing as a 64-bit Perl package, but I don't know anything about Perl, so just throwing it up in case there might be one.)
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This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 1 (v5.12.1) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
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| Posted by
| Worstje
Netherlands (899 posts) Bio
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| Reply #4 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 04:15 PM (UTC) |
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| | It was late, and I was too lazy to check if there was such a thing as a 64-bit package. For all I knew, I wrote that and it didn't exist. =) | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Twisol
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| Reply #5 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 04:47 PM (UTC) |
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Worstje said:
It was late, and I was too lazy to check if there was such a thing as a 64-bit package. For all I knew, I wrote that and it didn't exist. =)
No, I mean, that line was in the original post. |
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GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Worstje
Netherlands (899 posts) Bio
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| Reply #6 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:19 PM (UTC) |
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| | Oh, oops. Well, I didn't see that either! =) | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Renrav
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| Reply #7 on Thu 09 Sep 2010 04:08 AM (UTC) |
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| Awesome! That was my issue, I had installed the 64-bit version of activeperl. I installed the 32-bit and it now works. Now I just need to start digging into the code.
Thanks Everyone! | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
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| Reply #8 on Thu 09 Sep 2010 04:18 AM (UTC) Amended on Thu 09 Sep 2010 04:19 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon
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| | Thanks for clearing that up Worstje! I have amended the topic headers for Perl and Python to mention that you should get the 32-bit versions. |
- Nick Gammon
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| Posted by
| Thomas
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| Reply #9 on Sun 03 Oct 2010 02:47 AM (UTC) |
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| | I'm having a real hard time finding the 32-bit active pearl. I've found 86 and 64 bit but I can't seem to find 32 bit. Would anyone happen to have a link? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
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| Reply #10 on Sun 03 Oct 2010 03:18 AM (UTC) |
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| The x86 version is the 32-bit one (it refers to the old 8086 processor). See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Thomas
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| Reply #11 on Sun 03 Oct 2010 03:29 AM (UTC) |
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| I created a world called test and switched to perlscript and got this:
finding CLSID of scripting language "PerlScript"
World: test
Error -2147221005 occurred when finding CLSID of scripting language "PerlScript":
Invalid class string
finding CLSID of scripting language "PerlScript"
World: test
Error -2147221005 occurred when finding CLSID of scripting language "PerlScript":
Invalid class string
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
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| Reply #12 on Sun 03 Oct 2010 04:49 AM (UTC) |
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| Which file did you download and install? This one?
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.12.2.1202/ActivePerl-5.12.2.1202-MSWin32-x86-293621.msi
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- Nick Gammon
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
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| Reply #14 on Sun 03 Oct 2010 05:51 AM (UTC) |
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| Well I tried to reproduce this on a spare PC.
I downloaded and installed MUSHclient v4.63:
http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=10640
I then made a new world and tried to switch to Perlscript and got the error message you mentioned.
I then downloaded the Perl installer and ran that. 22.6 Mb lol compared to 3.1 Mb for MUSHclient. Oh well.
About 10 minutes later, when the Perl installer finished, I re-opened MUSHclient, and switched to Perl. No error message, and a test of Perl worked.
This was under Windows XP, I don't know what version of MUSHclient you are using or what operating system, but it ought to work. Maybe uninstall any earlier versions of Perl in case you had the 64-bit one already there. |
- Nick Gammon
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