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can somebody tell me what you are suppose to enter in the commands, parameters and initial folder to run a perl script.
Thanks.

To run the active document as a Perl script, you'll need to add a new program, as follows:

Command: C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe (or whatever path is appropriate)
Parameters: $File
Initial folder: $FileDir
Capture output: checked, only if your scripts do not read from stdin.

The same applies to Python, except of course for the command.

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions

Keith,

Could you tell me how to add a new program to run the Perl? I am able to run the Perl in TestPad, however, I could not enter a variable at the command prompt.

Alternatively, I have to run my Perl script at the command line in order for me to enter a variable at the prompt.


Thanks


Dave

If it's truly a variable and not just a parameter, you're out of luck running it from TP.
http://www.textpad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4413

Dave,

I'm not sure that I've understood what your problem is. Have you read "How to customize settings: the Tools menu" in TextPad's online help file?

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions

I thnk some of the confusion may be from this section:

To run the active document as a Perl script, you'll need to add a new program, as follows:

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What this should say is that "You'll need to add a Tool to TextPad to run the perl program. Read "How to customize settings: the Tools menu" in TextPad's online help file.
From the Main Menu, click on Configure, Preferences.
Click on Tools, Add, Program. Browse to C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe (or whatever path is appropriate)

Finish with the correct values, details in first reply are good:
Command: C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe Parameters: $File
Initial folder: $FileDir
Capture output: checked, only if your scripts do not read from stdin.

After Tool is created, make a Document Class for Perl
From the Main Menu, click on Configure, Make Document Class. Enter "Perl" (without the quotes) for the document class name.
Enter *.pl for the Class members
Select the syntax for the Perl class

After Document Class is created, open Document classes and modify as needed.

After Document Class is created, make a File Name Filter for Perl.
Add Perl (*.pl) as a filter with *.pl as the extension to filter.