Launch file without console window

Phinix has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

As the title suggests, I am looking to launch an external file (in this case an HTML file) using the OS default browser, without the perl app launching it waiting and without creating the annoying console window.

I had attempted this: system(1, "$filepath\\file.html") which launches the file without the perl app waiting, however it also creates an annoying DOS/console window until the browser is closed.

Does anyone know how to prevent this window from showing when launching from a compiled .EXE perl script? Some have suggested using Win32::Process however I cannot seem to figure out the syntax for that.

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Re: Launch file without console window by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 24, 2012 at 01:14 UTC
Use `system 1, q[start your.html];` With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP Neil Armstrong	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Launch file without console window by Phinix (Acolyte) on Dec 24, 2012 at 01:19 UTC
Thanks! I was just about to post that I had managed to find a solution using system(1, "start /B /MIN cmd /c file.html") and was going to ask if anyone knew where these command switches were documented, as I am not certain what /B or /c are doing.	[reply]
Re^3: Launch file without console window by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 24, 2012 at 02:39 UTC
"start /B /MIN cmd /c file.html" ... anyone knew where these command switches were documented, Hm. You should not need any switches -- for a start [sic] /b (no new window) and /min (minimise new window) are contradictory. As a Windows user, you should be familiar with `/?`, it works with most of the windows commands. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP Neil Armstrong	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Launch file without console window by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2012 at 01:56 UTC
`perl -V:sh help cmd help start` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Launch file without console window by Anonymous Monk on Dec 23, 2012 at 23:49 UTC
Does anyone know... you do, but you knew that already ;) `[hide dos], [hide console]` hide dos, hide console	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Launch file without console window by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2012 at 00:39 UTC
How to hide/inhibit the console window when launching a Perl script on Windows?, Re^4: Wperl.exe fails with Tk + piped process ( Win32 )	[reply]
Re: Launch file without console window by Phinix (Acolyte) on Dec 24, 2012 at 00:40 UTC
Hehe... well I think you may have misunderstood. I am able to prevent the console showing up when I launch my main EXE by using the -g switch when I compile it with PAR. What I am trying to do, is prevent an additional console window that shows up when running system() commands from within that executable. :)	[reply]
Re^2: Launch file without console window by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2012 at 00:40 UTC
Why are you talking to yourself yet again?	[reply]
Re^3: Launch file without console window by Phinix (Acolyte) on Dec 24, 2012 at 00:52 UTC
Yeah, I hit reply on the wrong message. Force of habit. /facepalm	[reply]