<li><a class="doc" href="#Where_can_I_get_documentation_on">Where can I get
documentation on ActivePerl?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#What_kind_of_documentation_comes">What kind of documentation
comes with ActivePerl?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Is_there_formal_support_for_Perl">Is there formal support
for ActivePerl or PerlIS?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Are_there_information_sources_av">Are there information
sources available on ActivePerl on</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Is_there_a_mailing_list_for_Perl">Is there a mailing list
for ActivePerl or Perl for ISAPI?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Is_there_a_Usenet_newsgroup_devo">Is there a Usenet
newsgroup devoted to ActivePerl?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Is_there_a_FAQ_for_Perl_for_Win3">Is there a FAQ for
ActivePerl?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#How_do_I_report_a_bug_in_Perl_fo">How do I report a bug in
ActivePerl?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Can_I_ask_a_question_or_">Can I ask a question? ... or ...
How do I ask a question?</a></li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#Are_there_any_live_chats_where_I">Are there any live chats
where I can talk about Perl stuff?</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="doc" href="#AUTHOR_AND_COPYRIGHT">AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="NAME">NAME</a></h2>
<p>Documentation and Support</p>
<h2><a name="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h2>
<p>ActivePerl Documentation and Support</p>
<h2><a name="Where_can_I_get_documentation_on">Where can I get documentation on
ActivePerl?</a></h2>
<p>Documentation for ActivePerl is provided in HTML format in the <em>Html</em>
directory in your <em>perl</em> directory. This has the documentation from the
standard perl distribution, as well as the complete documentation for modules
and extensions. For more information on Win32-specific extensions, see <a class="doc" href="Windows/ActivePerl-Winfaq9.html#What_modules_come_with_the_Perl_">What
modules come with the ActivePerl distribution?</a>.</p>
<p>Note that the standard perl distribution documentation (<em>perl*.html</em>)
has some UNIX-specific information, and lists some features/functions that will
not work on the Windows version of ActivePerl. The perlwin32 and perlport pages
discuss the portability issues under the Win32 platform.</p>
<p>You can also read the Perl documentation with the perldoc command. At the
command prompt, type perldoc followed by the name of the document you want to
read, as in:</p>
<pre>
perldoc perlwin32
perldoc perlfaq
</pre>
<p>Documentation is provided in the binary distributions (it is created during
install), and can be created by install or it can be made by "make
installhtml" in the source distribution.</p>
<h2><a name="What_kind_of_documentation_comes">What kind of documentation comes
with ActivePerl?</a></h2>
<p>ActivePerl comes with the standard Perl documentation, as well as
documentation for all Core modules.</p>
<h2><a name="Is_there_formal_support_for_Perl">Is there formal support for
ActivePerl or PerlIS?</a></h2>
<p>Peer support is available from the Perl-related mailing lists that
ActiveState hosts. You can find more information on these mailing lists at <a class="doc" href="http://www.ActiveState.com/support/">http://www.ActiveState.com/support/</a></p>
<p>Support for applications and internals is available through customized
professional services. Contact us at <a class="doc" href="http://www.ActiveState.com/Professional_Services">http://www.ActiveState.com/Professional_Services</a> for a quotation.</p>
- Joe's Perl for Win32 Page, which has general information, pointers to
modules, etc.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="Is_there_a_mailing_list_for_Perl">Is there a mailing list for
ActivePerl or Perl for ISAPI?</a></h2>
<p>ActiveState hosts a variety of mailing lists for the ActivePerl community.
More information can be found at <a class="doc" href="http://www.ActiveState.com/support/mailing_lists.htm">http://www.ActiveState.com/support/mailing_lists.htm</a></p>
<p>Archives of the mailing lists can also be found on the ActiveState web site.</p>
<p>You should check the archives or a FAQ like this (see <a class="doc" href="#Is_there_a_FAQ_for_Perl_for_Win3">Is
there a FAQ for ActivePerl?</a>) before posting a question to the mailing list.
List members are mostly overworked programmers and admins like yourself. So, for
best results, be courteous, specific, and show that you really have tried to
figure out your problems for yourself.</p>
<h2><a name="Is_there_a_Usenet_newsgroup_devo">Is there a Usenet newsgroup
devoted to ActivePerl issues?</a></h2>
<p>Not yet. You can use comp.lang.perl.misc for miscellaneous Perl questions;
the members of most Usenet Perl newsgroups tend to concentrate on UNIX
platforms.</p>
<p>Try the perl-win32-users mailing list (see <a class="doc" href="#Is_there_a_mailing_list_for_Perl">Is
there a mailing list for ActivePerl or PerlIS?</a>) for more specific Win32
information.</p>
<p>For web server setup and CGI programming, try one of the following three
newsgroups:</p>
<pre>
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc
</pre>
<h2><a name="Is_there_a_FAQ_for_Perl_for_Win3">Is there a FAQ for ActivePerl?</a></h2>
<p>You are reading one of them. Also, Perl is shipped with the main PerlFAQ
inside the help system, which is over a hundred pages long and split into
several parts.</p>
<p>Robin Chatterjee's Perl for Win32 page contains frequently asked questions
and copies of the perl-win32-users mailing list responses to them:</p>
