Re: Win32 wperl open Console when system

Using cmd.exe to launch the default program will always open a console window (if none is open already), because cmd.exe is a console program:

qx{start "$pdf" /b };
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If you want to avoid that, don't involve the start command of cmd.exe and instead do what the command does, by using the AssocQueryStringA function, as in this Stackoverflow post. Doing so shouldn't be too hard using Win32::API, but I can't test it right now.

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Re^2: Win32 wperl open Console when system by fdesar (Beadle) on Jan 21, 2020 at 11:08 UTC
unfortunatly, .pdf has no default association in HKEY_CLASS_ROOT for .pdf :-( And if I directly run `"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" file.pdf`, it asks what to do with the file instead of displaying it directly...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Win32 wperl open Console when system by LanX (Saint) on Jan 21, 2020 at 11:16 UTC
You first said "explorer" (files) now you say iexplore (internet)? These are two different programs. this `C:\>C:\Windows\explorer.exe \tmp\xxx.pdf` works for me from the console (cmd.exe) update this doesn't :/ perl -e"`C:/Windows/explorer.exe /tmp/xxx.pdf`" Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Win32 wperl open Console when system by soonix (Canon) on Jan 21, 2020 at 12:26 UTC
Funny: `perl -e "qx(explorer.exe C:\Path\To\my.pdf)"` [download] opens the explorer, but `perl -e "qx'explorer.exe C:\Path\To\my.pdf'"` [download] opens my pdf only difference is the qx delimiter. (insert smiley with gaping open mouth here) Perl 5.28.1 MSWin32-x64-multi-thread on Windows [Version 10.0.18363.535]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Win32 wperl open Console when system by sn1987a (Deacon) on Jan 21, 2020 at 12:44 UTC
Re^6: Win32 wperl open Console when system by fdesar (Beadle) on Jan 21, 2020 at 15:39 UTC
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Re^6: Win32 wperl open Console when system by soonix (Canon) on Jan 21, 2020 at 13:10 UTC


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