S60 2nd Edition FP2: Looking for Active Perl 5.6.1 build 531

[xjussix]

I can't find version 5.6.1 build 531 anywhere, not even on Active Perl's website. Does anyone have a link to it?
All versions I've tried are giving me this error:
"X:\>epoc
Failed to execute the emulator "X:\epoc32\release\wins\udeb\epoc.exe": Invalid a
rgument at D:\Symbian\8.0a\S60_2nd_FP2\epoc32\tools\epoc.pl line 120."

[petrib]

You could try emailing ActiveState (Support@ActiveState.com) and ask them to send you a direct link to the old version, if you can't locate it on their website.

[xjussix]

Weird..I contacted ActiveState and they said there has never been such a version. Oh well.

[turnabull2]

I think that Nokia has made mistake with build information with 531 build number. My guess is that 5 should be 6 -> 5.6.1.631.

Or, Nokia has its own customised build number 531 that has been spreaded to documentations ?

I have used perl 5.6.1.631 allmost a half year with s60 2ed fp 2
without problems.

[AlfredoRU]

Check this:

http://downloads.activestate.com/Act...l/Windows/5.6/

bye!

[kiran10182]

Hello Friends,

I have similar kind of problem.
I have ActivePerl5.6.1 installed on my PC.
Let me describe it in detail.

-Recently i added DirectX9.0 SDK, Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2 in my PC just for some other Non-Symbian Project.

-I created one Symbian application, a small one.
-From command line:
bldmake bldfile //Successful
abld build wins udeb //Successful
epoc //UnSuccessful

"epoc" command gave me following output:

Failed to execute the emulator "C:\Symbian\8.0a\S60_2nd_FP2\epoc32\release\wins\
udeb\epoc.exe": Invalid argument at C:\Symbian\8.0a\S60_2nd_FP2\epoc32\tools\epo
c.pl line 120.

And interesting thing was that i could invoke emulator from the following path:
c:\Symbian\8.0a\S60_2nd_FP2\epoc32\release\wins\udeb

Even i could debug from within application.

But the problem is i can't invoke it from command prompt.
And this happened with all the SDKs. I set each SDK as default one by one and tried for "epoc" command and in each try it gave me the same result.

What could be possible remedy?

Thanks & Regards.
Kiran.

[Symbian_Neil]

@ Kiran :

Dunno if its relevant, but as I understand it..its as follows :

epoc.pl is a file invoked at the perl command line interpreter. Before invocation, there is some cross-check of build and manufacturer. Somehow , it seems like this particular build number is not identified as a valid one.

You could also try to see the epoc.pl for any other possible hints that you may be able to get that may have been missed.

Am not sure if it sounds relevant, but thought I would share anyways

Good luck and cheers
Neil

[kiran10182]

Hello,

Neil, Thanks for sharing your views.

Anyways i am not able to digest what line #120 says:
Following is from epoc.pl

sub launchEmulator
{
    my ($type,$win) = @_;

    my $epocroot = &getEpocroot;
    my $drive = &getDrive;
    my $emu = $drive . $epocroot . "epoc32" . "\\" 
	      . "release\\" . $win . "\\" . $type . "\\" . "epoc.exe";
    -e $emu ||
	die "ERROR: File \"$emu\" not found.\n\n" .
	    "The EPOCROOT environment variable does not identify\n" .
	    "a valid Symbian emulator installation on this drive.\n" . 
		"EPOCROOT must be an absolute path to an existing\n" .
		    "directory - it should have no drive qualifier and\n" .
			"must end with a backslash.\n";
    # If the execute is successful, this never returns.
    exec("\"" . $emu . "\"") || die "Failed to execute the emulator \"$emu\": $!";// Line number 120
}

There was no such environment variable before also. And it had been running fine without any problem before yesterday.
So i suspect some problem occured with DirectX 9.0 SDK and MS-Platform SDK installation but i m not able to probe into.

Please suggest me some work-arounds or REMEDY.

Thanks & Regards.
Kiran.

[Symbian_Neil]

Sorry Kiran, I had got the line number wrong!!

Did you get it sorted?

Cheers
Neil

[kiran10182]

Hello Neil,

Sorry Kiran, I had got the line number wrong!!

Did you get it sorted?

Cheers
Neil

Not yet sorted. Busy with some other Non-Symbian projects.
I hope meanwhile i get some solution from someone. But i think i have to solve it my own.

Thanks & Regards.
Kiran.

[Sen7inel]

Indeed the DirectX sdk screws this. See your path, you probably have something like..

Path="C:\<wherever>\Microsoft DirectX SDK (October 2006)\Utilities\Bin\x86";..

.. or the like. Try removing the quotation marks, that fixed it for me.

[kiran10182]

Hello dear,

Welcome!!! :)

Indeed the DirectX sdk screws this. See your path, you probably have something like..

Path="C:\<wherever>\Microsoft DirectX SDK (October 2006)\Utilities\Bin\x86";..

.. or the like. Try removing the quotation marks, that fixed it for me.

It really worked. Amazing. :)

Thanks for the help.
Kiran.

[ilyaz121]

Indeed the DirectX sdk screws this. See your path, you probably have something like..

Path="C:\<wherever>\Microsoft DirectX SDK (October 2006)\Utilities\Bin\x86";..

.. or the like. Try removing the quotation marks, that fixed it for me.

Hi sen,

Where to find that path?

Could you please explain how to change the Path

Kind regards,
Ilyas

[kiran10182]

Hi,

Hi sen,

Where to find that path?

Could you please explain how to change the Path

Kind regards,
Ilyas

You would find PATH variable on your PC under:

Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> System-> Advanced-> Environment Variables

Use EDIT to make changes in your PATH variable.

Kiran.

[ilyaz121]

Hi,


You would find PATH variable on your PC under:


Use EDIT to make changes in your PATH variable.

Kiran.

Hi Kiran,

thanks for your reply.

Here is my path without quotes
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symbian\Tools;C:\Perl\site\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin;C:\Program Files\Nokia\CodeWarrior for Symbian v3.1\Bin;C:\Program Files\Nokia\CodeWarrior for Symbian v3.1\Symbian_Tools\Command_Line_Tools;


Eventhough I dont have quotations in the Path, I am still getteing the same problem.

I am using

Active Perl Version 5.8.8 Build 820
Code WarriorV3.1
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_12

Could you please suggest the solution?

Kind Regards,
Ilyas