Okay, I've been doing work with ASPs in VBScript. I was asked to put together a Proof of Concept based on some other work. That's fine, but I am getting increasingly upset with VBScript, and I didn't feel like doing this quick and dirty PoC in multidimensional arrays that would need to be ReDim'ed every time I wanted to add an element.

I downloaded ActivePerl and have done this most recent ASP in PerlScript. But I need to add a chart to this page. The VBScript ASPs have been calling a server side ActiveX DLL that accepts an array (variant), builds a chart from the MSChart control and returns a filename. That filename is the JPeg image of the chart, you just include it in the img tag.

Well, I went in and doctored the ActiveX DLL so it is accepting a comma delimited string of values instead of an array. But I'm getting an unspecified syntax error when I call it.

Does anyone have any ideas, or have any ideas as to how I can find out more about why it is not working.

Here is the an example of the original VBScript

<%@ Language='VBScript' %>
<%
  Dim PieChart, FileName
  Set PieChart = Server.CreateObject("WCP.WCPCharts")
  FileName = PieChart.CreatePieChart(arrChartData)
%>
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This is my test ASP to see if I can make the call with PerlScript.

<%@ Language='PerlScript' %>

<%
  my $return;
  my $labels = "first,second,third";
  my $averages = "3,4,5";
  my $maxes = "6,7,8";
  my $mins = "1,2,3";

  my $ChartObject = $Server->CreateObject("WCP.WCPCharts")
  $ChartObject->CreateBarChart($return, $labels, $averages);
%>

<%=$return%>
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I'm getting a syntax error on line 11. $maxes and $mins are optional arguements to CreateBarChart. I get the same error if I include them.

-Travis