in reply to Re^2: How can I close a Windows program called from a my Perl script?
in thread How can I close a Windows program called from a my Perl script?

Then you might be able to use something like this which starts a copy of notepad aysnchronously (system 1, ...), then waits 10 seconds before sending it the Alt-F X key sequnce to close it:

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use Win32::GuiTest qw[FindWindowLike SetForegroundWindow SendKeys];

system 1, q[notepad.exe];

Win32::Sleep( 10000 );

for ( FindWindowLike( undef, 'Notepad' ) ) {
    SetForegroundWindow( $_);
    SendKeys( '%fx', 5 );
}

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Note: that as coded, this will close all running copies of notepad. To be more selective, see the pod for Win32::GuiTest::FindWindowLike().

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), then waits 10 seconds before sending it the Alt-F X key sequnce to close it: #! perl -slw use strict; use Win32::GuiTest qw

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