{{Short description|Windows port of perl by ActiveState}} {{Infobox software | name = ActivePerl | title = ActivePerl | logo = <!-- File: --> | logo caption = | screenshot = <!-- File: --> | caption = | collapsible = | author = | developer = ActiveState | released = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --> | discontinued = | latest release version = 5.28.1<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.28/|title=ActivePerl 5.28 Documentation|website=docs.activestate.com}}</ref> | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2019|05|30}} | status = | programming language = | operating system = | platform = | size = | language = | language count = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does --> | language footnote = | genre = | license = | alexa = | website = {{URL|https://www.activestate.com/platform/supported-languages/perl/}} | standard = | AsOf = }}
'''ActivePerl''' is a distribution of Perl from ActiveState (formerly part of Sophos) for Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.
A few main editions are available, including: Community (free, for development use only), and several paid tiers up to Enterprise that includes support for OEM licensing. It includes a version of the Perl package manager (PPM) for installing packages from CPAN, etc.
The Windows version includes an Active Scripting component for Windows Script Host (WSH) called PerlScript and an ISAPI module for embedding within Internet Information Services (IIS).
==PerlScript== PerlScript was initially solely an ActiveX Scripting Engine produced by the company ActiveState for use with Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) that allows for programmers to use Perl-based code in addition to, or in place of, VBScript or JScript in the context of web servers running the ASP protocol. Subsequently [http://www.apache-asp.org/ Apache::ASP] was created for the Apache web server, which allows for coding with only Perl, but neither VBScript nor JScript. PerlScript can also be used to write Windows Script Host-based programs, similar to VBScript.
Standalone PerlScripts can be executed if they are created with the file extension .pls, in which case they '''do not require''' enclosing XML, e.g. <syntaxhighlight lang="perl"> use strict; our $WScript; $WScript->Echo("Hello, world!"); </syntaxhighlight> .pls files do not gain access to drag and drop WSH functionality.
PerlScripts which have the extension wsf '''require''' XML tags which specify the job id and script language, e.g. <syntaxhighlight lang="perl" highlight="1-2"> <Job ID="DropFiles"> <script language="PerlScript"> use strict; our $WScript; $WScript->Echo("Displaying names of dropped files"); my $arg = $WScript->{Arguments}; my $countArgs = $arg->{Count}; for (my $i=0; $i<$countArgs; $i++) { $WScript->Echo($arg->Item($i)); } </script> </Job> </syntaxhighlight> wsf PerlScripts gain access to WSH drag and drop functionality, similarly to Perl Droplets in the now-obsolete MacPerl.
Most WSH objects are available via the implicitly created <code>$WScript</code> object.
== See also ==
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.activestate.com/platform/supported-languages/perl/}} * [http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MS/MSERGEANT/PSIntro.html Introduction to PerlScript] * [https://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.8/Components/Windows/PerlScript.html PerlScript FAQ] at ActiveState
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