I have not tried with Install Shield, but only with Null Soft installer
(which is free) and you can do this very simple.
You just need to put an "exec [program name]" in the configuration script,
and the installer will launch that program.
Of course you can close the installer while the program is still running.
However, I'm sure Install Shield also can do this.
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:46 PM
Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Launching a detached child process fromWin32
app
I recently wrote an install shield with Win32::GUI. A
nice feature I see of some install shields is the
option to "Launch application" after the install is
done. It's a nice convinient feature to let the user
get down to business without having to click on the
app via the start menu or desktop icon.
The problem is that I have yet to find a method for
executing a program from a Win32 that doesn't wait for
the child to die. I have tried various fork methods as
well as Proc methods and Win32::Job and threads. All
of these methods require that the parent, or calling
program wait until the spawn's program dies. I of
course just want to launch the install app and let the
user exit the install shield. This has to be doable
right?
Thank you.
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