Windows: Download Perl source from http://www.cpan.org/ and build it yourself. You may use ActivePerl, available from http://www.activestate.com/. Before you install the Essbase.pm extension to Perl, ensure that:
You have Perl 5.6 (or higher) installed on your system.You have Microsoft Visual C++ version 6 or higher installed on your system.The Essbase Server is either installed locally, or you have at least the Runtime Client installed and your system's environment is set up to access a remote Essbase Server. Your system should have an environment variable $ESSBASEPATH pointing to the root directory of the Essbase Server installation. In addition, %ESSBASEPATH%\Bin should be included in your path variable. Note:MaxL Perl Module can only be used with the same version Essbase Server.
