XML::Simple error in compiled script

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Hello esteemed monks

I have a scripts which reads in it's configuration from an XML file. If I run the script as the .pl file all is well. However after compiling the file with Perl2Exe I get a strange error in the XML::Simple module.
I'm not sure how I've broken it.....
Here it a scaled down version of what I do:

use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Simple;

&Getsettings;

sub Getsettings {
    if (my $config = XMLin("xmlin.xml",ForceArray => 1)) {
        my $value1        = $config->{'value1'}->[0];
        my $value2        = $config->{'value2'}->[0];
        my $value3        = $config->{'value3'}->[0];
        
        print "The values of 1, 2 and 3 are: $value1 $value2 $value3\n
+";
    }
    else {
        print "Config file not found";
    }
}
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and here is the XML file

<XML>
    <value1>1</value1>
    <value2>2</value2>
    <value3>3</value3>
    <value4>4</value4>
</XML>
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As stated it runs fine as a .pl but gives the error: "Can't use string ("1") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at PERL2EXE_STORAGE/XML/Simple.pm line 231."
I have looked at line 231 in the module and it seems that it is expecting a reference which I am obviously not sending.
1. Can somebody please explain what I have done wrong?
2. Can somebody also explain why it only happens in the compiled script.
Thank you oh nobel Monks.
UPDATE:
I have noticed that this does not happen XML::Simple 2.09. I am running ActiveState Perl 5.8.6.811 with XML::Simple 2.12.
Thanks.

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Re: XML::Simple error in compiled script by Anonymous Monk on Mar 02, 2005 at 15:40 UTC
Try adding `#perl2exe_include XML::Parser::Style::Tree` [download] and see if that fixes it. Using ASPN Perls "perlapp" with C:\>perlapp -add XML::Parser::Style::Tree monitor.pl fixed exactly the same problem I had just now. If anything it is dependant on the XML::Parser version, not the XML::Simple version.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: XML::Simple error in compiled script by Smaug (Pilgrim) on Mar 03, 2005 at 08:05 UTC
Thanks, that has changed the error at least. It now displayes: "Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at PERL2EXE_STORAGE/utf8_heavy.pl" Any help would be great!!	[reply]
Re: XML::Simple error in compiled script by Scrat (Monk) on Sep 10, 2007 at 13:43 UTC
Resolution to the problem: Add the following code to the start of your script and compile it again: `#perl2exe_include "XML/Parser/Style/Tree.pm"; #perl2exe_include utf8; #perl2exe_include "unicore/lib/gc_sc/Word.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/lib/gc_sc/Digit.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/lib/gc_sc/SpacePer.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/To/Lower.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/To/Upper.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/To/Digit.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/To/Fold.pl"; #perl2exe_include "unicore/To/Title.pl";` [download] Cheers	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: XML::Simple error in compiled script by Smaug (Pilgrim) on Sep 10, 2007 at 14:16 UTC
Hello, Thanks Scrat that worked a treat! Regards, Smaug. _{Peddle faster monkeys!! I need more power!!}	[reply]
Re: XML::Simple error in compiled script by Anonymous Monk on Jan 30, 2008 at 09:47 UTC
This solution helped me enormously: throughout a script, conversion to lower case (lc) worked absolutely fine, but in just one location it threw errors ("panic ..." etc. Thank you perlmonks! apb	[reply]


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