Try this: #----------------------------------------- use strict; use Win32::GUI; my $count = 0;
my $W = new Win32::GUI::Window( -left => 558, -top => 122, -width => 300, -height => 255, -name => "W", -text => "Test" ); $W->AddLabel( -text => "$count", -name => "count", -left => 10, -top => 10, -width => 30, -height => 13, -foreground => 0, ); $W->AddButton( -text => "start", -name => "start", -left => 126, -top => 144, -width => 42, -height => 21, -foreground => 0, ); $W->AddTimer("Timer1", 0); $W->Timer1->Kill; $W->Show(); Win32::GUI::Dialog(); sub start_Click { $W->Timer1->Interval(1000); } sub Timer1_Timer { $W->count->Text(++$count); } #----------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: carollyne courtney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:35 AM To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Minimized window inactive How do I ensure that the counter continues running when the window is minimized? Thanks -snip- use strict; use Win32::GUI; my $count = 0; my $W = new Win32::GUI::Window( -left => 558, -top => 122, -width => 300, -height => 255, -name => "W", -text => "Test" ); $W->AddLabel( -text => "$count", -name => "count", -left => 10, -top => 10, -width => 30, -height => 13, -foreground => 0, ); $W->AddButton( -text => "start", -name => "start", -left => 126, -top => 144, -width => 42, -height => 21, -foreground => 0, ); $W->Show(); Win32::GUI::Dialog(); sub start_Click { while (1) { Win32::GUI::DoEvents(); sleep 1; $count++; $W->count->Text($count); } } _________________________________________________________________ Broadband? Dial-up? Get reliable MSN Internet Access. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users