Re: Hiding DOS windows that accompany TK

I borrowed this from the Perl Cookbook a while ago:

use strict;
use warnings;

use Win32;
use Win32::Process;

my $program = shift @ARGV or die "Usage: loader.pl program\n";

Win32::Process::Create($Win32::Process::Create::ProcessObj,
    'd:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe', #or wherever perl.exe is locate
+d
    "perl.exe $program",
    0,
    DETACHED_PROCESS,
    '.') or die print_error();

sub print_error {
    return Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::GetLastError() );
}
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"A core tenant of the greater Perl philosophy is to trust that the developer knows enough to solve the problem" - Jay Shirley, A case for Catalyst.

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Re^2: Hiding DOS windows that accompany TK by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Dec 08, 2008 at 19:06 UTC
Did that actually work for you? I tried something similar from the Cookbook, although it may have been an earlier edition and couldn't get it to work. However after trolling the net, I found that by adding `$Win32::Process::Create::ProcessObj -> Resume();` [download] after the code that you have, did the trick. To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable - Barry Goldwater	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Hiding DOS windows that accompany TK by Erez (Priest) on Dec 09, 2008 at 08:35 UTC
It did and it does. I don't recall whether this is lifted verbatim off the cookbook or whether I altered anything. I placed that code in a file a year or two ago, and have been only updating the path, and calling it. "A core tenant of the greater Perl philosophy is to trust that the developer knows enough to solve the problem" - Jay Shirley, A case for Catalyst.	[reply]
Re^4: Hiding DOS windows that accompany TK by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Dec 09, 2008 at 17:07 UTC
Interesting. I could never get it to work without the last line. Maybe I had an older incarnation of the cookbook. To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable - Barry Goldwater	[reply]


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