Thanks! I searched google, but must have not used the right words. As a side note you must use Win32::SetChildShowWindow(0) in each thread that creates child processes.
Thanks! james evans Jesse Schoch said: > Google is your friend > > http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:WrJ3hT5UyJgJ:aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/ > Mail/Message/perl-win32-users/2127463+win32::Process+command+window&hl=en > > Thanks Jan, > > That did it! Why does system() do this when the script is GUI compiled? > > Just curious. > > Dax > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 7/25/2004 at 12:42 PM Jan Dubois wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Dax T. Games wrote: >> > I tried to search the archives on this but i am getting errors when I >> > try submit the search. >> > >> > How can I start a process with Win32::Process then wait for that >> > process to close before continuing execution of my perl code. >> > >> > system() does not work in my case because it is a GUI compiled perl >> > script and system() creates a new command window when called. >> >> Try calling >> >> Win32::SetChildShowWindow(0); >> >> before calling system() to get rid of the additional shell window. >> >> Cheers, >> -Jan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Console windows with par compiled executables under Windows 2000 > > Hi, > > I'm using par to compile my wxPerl based app on Windows 2000 under > ActiveState perl 5.8.3 build 809 and PAR-0.85. At various places in my > application I call a command line based app (using qx()) and process the > output. When I run 'perl script.pl' everything works as expected. After I > compile my app with 'pp --gui -l \perl\site\lib\auto\Wx\wxmsw24.dll -o > script.exe script.pl' every time I use qx A console window pops up on the > screen for the duration of the command. using system() has the same > problem. > If I don't use --gui I get a console window at the beginning of the app > that > stays around for the duration of my script (as expected) but no per qx() > console window. > > Why the difference in behavior? I'd expect qx to behave exactly the same > when run under perl as when the resulting exe is run. This really impacts > the polish of my application and would like to find some way to avoid > this. > I can't find anything in the archives about this but have a hard time > believing that no one else has ever had problems with this. > > Thanks for your help and hard work creating PAR. I love being able to > create > native executables in my favorite language! > > james evans >
