#!perl -slw use strict; use threads; use threads::shared; use Thread::Queue; use Win32::Process; use Win32; use Data::Dumper; ## A shared var to communicate progress between work thread and TK my $Q = new Thread::Queue; ## A shared var to control the child process. my $sig :shared = ''; sub work{ # save STDOUT open(my $STDOUT_ORIG, ">&", \*STDOUT) or die; # connect TO_CHILD_PROC with CHILD_PROC pipe(CHILD_PROC, TO_CHILD_PROC); # change STDOUT to TO_CHILD_PROC # --> STDOUT of child process is set to TO_CHILD_PROC and # this is connected via pipe with CHILD_PROC open(STDOUT, ">&", \*TO_CHILD_PROC); my $ProcessObj; Win32::Process::Create( $ProcessObj, "C:\\Perl32\\bin\\perl.exe", "perl child.pl", 1, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, "." )|| die "$! : $^E"; async { { $ProcessObj->Suspend if $sig eq 'Suspend'; $ProcessObj->Resume if $sig eq 'Resume'; $ProcessObj->Kill(-1) and return if $sig eq 'Kill'; Win32::Sleep 100; redo; } }->detach; # restore STDOUT open(STDOUT, ">&", $STDOUT_ORIG) or die; while( ) { chomp($_); $Q->enqueue( $_ ); } close( CHILD_PROC ); } threads->new( \&work )->detach; use Tk; use Tk::ProgressBar; my $mw = MainWindow->new; my $pb = $mw->ProgressBar()->pack(); my $repeat; $repeat = $mw->repeat( 100 => sub { while( $Q->pending ) { my $progress = $Q->dequeue; return unless $progress; $repeat->cancel if $progress == 100; $pb->value( $progress ); } } ); $mw->Button( '-text' => 'Cancel', '-command' => sub { $sig = 'Kill'; sleep 1; exit 0; } )->pack(); $mw->Button( '-text' => 'Suspend', '-command' => sub { $sig = 'Suspend'; } )->pack(); $mw->Button( '-text' => 'Resume', '-command' => sub { $sig = 'Resume'; } )->pack(); $mw->MainLoop;