Running script on WinXX without console window

jearsh has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

dear monks,

i'm new to perl. the OS i plan on working with is Windows 98-XP. what I am looking to do is have a "console" perl window run in the background. Whether it is a service or not doesn't matter. yet, i want the perl script i write to run without the user knowing it.

thank you for any input.

20030531 Edit by Corion: Retitled from "hide console window"

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Re: Running script on WinXX without console window by Aristotle (Chancellor) on May 31, 2003 at 15:11 UTC
Using `wperl` instead of `perl` will do what you want. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Running script on WinXX without console window by dree (Monsignor) on May 31, 2003 at 16:16 UTC
Hello! Please try first Super Search. With this tool you can find a lot of useful information, e.g. this is a thread to take a look: How to hide window with Win32:API?	[reply]
Re: Re: Running script on WinXX without console window by Anonymous Monk on May 31, 2003 at 21:42 UTC
thank you dree, although i'm very familiar with win32 api because i've been programming in vb/c++ for about five years. this is an approach i didn't want to take.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Running script on WinXX without console window by dree (Monsignor) on May 31, 2003 at 23:54 UTC
The thread shows you more than 1 way to do it. There is not only the Win32::API way but also the wperl way, the "detached process" suggested by Nitrox and so on. Also, you can look inside of the PAR module: it has a --gui option that works on Win32 machines to start perl exe without showing the console window.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Running script on WinXX without console window by Anonymous Monk on Jun 01, 2003 at 13:12 UTC


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