On Windows there are multiple ways to run a program and suppress a Window. I usually run the program from a shortcut that is set to "Minimize" by default.
That way it just shows up as an icon on the task bar instead of a console Window. This site walks through multiple ways to run any Windows app with no Window. https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-bat-files-invisibly-without-displaying-command-prompt/ If you want to do it using the Perl program itself then you can use the Win32::GUI package. In your code test for the operating system and on Windows have a command line option to hide the Window. This program will hide its own console on Windows. The console will flash briefly on the screen and then hide. I usually start an app like this using a shortcut that starts minimized. That way there is an icon that briefly shows up on the task bar and disappears while the program continues to run. use warnings; use strict; use Win32::GUI; my $console = Win32::GUI::GetPerlWindow(); Win32::GUI::Hide($console); system ('timeout 10'); keith -- Keith R. Watson GCIH Georgia Institute of Technology Information Security Engineer Lead College of Computing keith.wat...@cc.gatech.edu 801 Atlantic Drive NW (404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 > -----Original Message----- > From: Roderich Schupp <roderich.sch...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 09:18 > To: Johan Vromans <jvrom...@squirrel.nl> > Cc: par@perl.org > Subject: Re: Multiple entry points (MS Windows) > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 2:36 PM Johan Vromans <jvrom...@squirrel.nl > <mailto:jvrom...@squirrel.nl> > wrote: > > > But on Windows it matters whether the program is built with --gui or > not. > If I build with --gui invoking the command line version will make > all > terminal output disappear. If built without --gui the GUI invokation > will > show a nasty terminal window... > > Is there an elegant solution? > > > > AFAICS no. --gui sets a bit in the generated Windows executable, so it's > not modifiable at runtime. > > Cheers, Roderich
