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OptiPerl 5.4 Released

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:35:29 +0000

OptiPerl version 5.4 was released today with the following changes:

Updated for Perl 5.10
Updated regular expression tester engine.
Updated perl tidy engine.
Minor bug fixes.

To update, just install the new version over the previous.

Registered customers can update the new version free or charge at thee Customer Care page https://secure. xarka.com/.

Setting up Firefox

Wed, 09 May 2007 01:37:50 +0000

You can setup Firefox as the secondary browser when running, so by selecting Run / Run in external browser, Firefox will open to test your script.

To do this, go to tools / Options / Running and in "Select secondary browser" enter the full path to Firefox.

Server Push technique

Wed, 09 May 2007 01:34:17 +0000

I am trying to run my script with Optiperl built in web server, it works great except that for some reason it cannot do autoflush. What I want is to set

$|=1;

so that the output of my script would be printed immediately instead of waiting for the entire script to finish. Example:

$| = 1;
foreach(0..2){
sleep 1;
print "$_";
}

this little script should print out a number every second, instead with the internal server it waits for the entire script to finish. is there anyway to circumvent this problem.

Answer:
This works in the console, but the problem that makes it not work is probably the browser being used (IE 6 or 7 whatever you have installed) than the server. Try running in Firefox wich supports this technique.

It will work with optiperl's internal server so copy the localhost address into firefox, or set-up firefox as the secondary browser when running.

To set up as a secondary browser, go to tools / Options / Running and in "Select secondary browser" enter the full path to Firefox. Afterwards to run select Run / Run in external browser Afterwards to run select Run / Run in external browser.

Administrator Rights when installing

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:43:00 +0000

OptiPerl can be run under a limited rights user account instead of an administrator account. However to install, because it requires information to be written to the registry, OptiPerl will require an administrator account. If possible, run the installer by right clicking, and select "run using" and enter an administrator account.

Under Windows Vista the request is made automatically.

OptiPerl 5.3 Released

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:03:32 +0000

OptiPerl version 5.3 was released today with the following changes:

Updated regular expression tester engine.
Updated perl tidy engine.
Fixed bug with regular expression tester that showed wrong descriptions.
Better support for Windows Vista.
Minor bug fixes.

To update, just install the new version over the previous.

Registered customers can update the new version free or charge at thee Customer Care page https://secure. xarka.com/.

Selecting column mode in editor

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:00:27 +0000

Is there a way to select in column mode like ultraedit?

Answer:
Yes, go to Tools / Edit Toolbars, and in the "Commands" sections under Edit category you will find the command "Block style Selection". Move this to the edit menu, and press/depress to activate.

Search and replace in entire directories

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:57:50 +0000

You can search & replace text in files under any directory.

To do this, from Tools / File Explorer / Press the "Find" toolbar button.

Common tools in OptiPerl Commercial

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:54:46 +0000

OptiPerl supports common tools, which are user tools shared between computers running optiperl on a network. To use:

1. Add the tool using Tools/Configure User Tools... This adds the tool to the local Tools.csv.

2. Open the local "Tools.csv" and cut the entry associated with the new tool.

3. Open or create the common "Tools.csv" file (using any text editor) and paste the entry there. The path that this file is found can be set here: Tools / Options / multi user, and can be a network drive.

4. Restart OptiPerl.

5. Go to Tools menu / Edit toolbars / User tools category then drag and drop into the Tools/User tools/ menu.

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Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:15:36 +0000

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Steps to setup Apache

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:05:04 +0000

Here are the main steps you should follow after installing apache.

1) Make sure apache is working without optiperl. This is checked easily by entering in any browser

http://127.0.0.1/index.html

This should show the file apache\htdocs\index.html.

Also http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/script.pl should execute script.pl in apache\cgi-bin. You can copy into this folder any example script from optiperl's webroot folder. Just make sure first to change the first line to something like:

#!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe

or wherever the path to perl is.

2) In Optiperl follow http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/help/usingapache.htm to set up the 5 settings in optiperl's options dialog.

3) Then make sure BOTH below items are selected in the server menu of optiperl:

Run with server
(external:80) ... (the last line of the server menu)