in reply to Pause and Resume Exe

Maintain a second exe which calls some function to pause the state of the main exe

See Win32::Process. Use it in the second script to start the first script. It has Suspend() and Resume() methods you can use on the process you start using it.

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Re^2: Pause and Resume Exe
by gautamparimoo (Beadle) on Feb 27, 2013 at 11:56 UTC

    But I have to specify in the beginning only when to suspend and resume the exe. Nothing can be given while script is already running

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      But I have to specify in the beginning only when to suspend and resume the exe.

      No you don't.

      Script A uses Win32::Process::CreateProcess() to start perl.exe running script B. It gets a process handle back from that call.

      Script B is running asynchronously from Script A. And Script A can call $hproc->Suspend() and $hproc->Resume() whenever it chooses to.

      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.
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        @BrowserUK . Plz elaborate how can tell the script A to suspend through script B(I cannot hardcode in script B to suspend for some time as that would be known only at runtime)and then resume again?

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