I originally intended to use
Win32::Process so that I could launch a perl
program without having to keep a DOS command shell open. I
found that using Perl2exe with the -gui option eliminates
the module requirement.
jepri: I like the idea. If the Tk stuff is too
hideous looking, I'll definitely look into your suggestion.
For the sake of keeping things simple, I'm going to attempt
it with Tk first.
As for Perl2exe -tiny generated executables, the only
difference I could tell is that without the -tiny, there is
an obvious 5-7 second drag on the system (500 MHz celeron,
Win98) when it is first launched. Using Norton Utilities
System Information, the memory usage numbers were identical.
The -tiny option executable was 358 KB in size and generated
eight dlls totaling 1413 KB, without was 1771 KB. I think
that although the lag is unpleasant, distributing/updating
one file as opposed to 9 is easier to maintain.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them." -- Albert Einstein