Active Perl Installguide

  1. Download ActivePerl(for Windows, MSI)
  2. Execute downloaded archive file.

    After appearing next button, click it to go to next step.



  3. If you have no problem after reading license agreement, choose agree and click next to go to next step.


  4. Choose install files. If you only use SOAP service, PPM3 and example are not needed.
    Press Browse, if you want to change install directory.




  5. Click next button.



  6. This installer sets up some configuration like PATH environment automatically.
    Click next and wait to finish installation.

  7. Sample program
    Download or make next program as 'test.pl' sorce code
    use SOAP::Lite;    # SOAP API
    
    # specify WSDL
    my $service = SOAP::Lite
            -> service('http://xml.nig.ac.jp/' .
                    'wsdl/GetEntry.wsdl');
    
    # call web service
    $result = $service->getXML_DDBJEntry("AB000003");
    
    print $result."\n";
    		
  8. Show command prompt and move to your test.pl's location.
    Next, type 'perl test.pl'.
    If you get as follows, ActivePerl installation is completion.

    If you can't get like above, check your PATH environment.