Re^2: pp hide gui system call

The post you pointed at has to to with packaging your own Perl script into an executable and hide the console. This is not my problem as it is already working fine. From my no-GUI executable (packed with pp) I start other third-party executables (that I can not manipolate/compile/modify them). When they run, however, they open the console to perform their task. BUT: if I pack my own executable with PerlApp, if this executable starts the same third parties executable, NO console is shown. This is what I am trying to achieve with the same application packed with pp.

I hope it is more clear now.

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Re^3: pp hide gui system call by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 25, 2018 at 17:37 UTC
Interesting, can you show how you package a bare minimum test case which replicates what you are seeing with the perlapp build? I'd be interested in seeing a packaged (via perlapp) version of the minimal example, perhaps it's something that can be replicated in another tool.	[reply]
Re^4: pp hide gui system call by IB2017 (Pilgrim) on Aug 26, 2018 at 08:34 UTC
Hi Marto I do not have PerlApp anymore to create an executable. When I used to, this feature (which was not to be set explicitly anywhere) just worked. Actually we never thought about it and gave it for granted. Now that I work on my own and faced the same situation, I noticed that `pp` does not work the same.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: pp hide gui system call by beech (Parson) on Aug 25, 2018 at 19:21 UTC
The post you pointed at has to to with packaging your own Perl script into an executable and hide the console. Hi Thats the top of the post, the replies section on the other hand ;)	[reply]
Re^4: pp hide gui system call by IB2017 (Pilgrim) on Aug 26, 2018 at 07:46 UTC
Yes, you were right! As a temporary solution I reverted to use one of the suggestions in the replies (using `Win32::Exe` to modify the third party executables. It works fine, however I would be more at easy if I could replicate what PerlApp did: suppress all consoles even for third party exe launched by the application created by PerlApp.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: pp hide gui system call by beech (Parson) on Aug 27, 2018 at 06:15 UTC
Yes, you were right!... however ... Hi Why stop reading before the answer? Here you go `BEGIN { Win32::SetChildShowWindow( 0 ) if defined &Win32::SetChildShowWind +ow; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: pp hide gui system call by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 26, 2018 at 08:41 UTC
Maybe you could update the relevant documentation, or provide a patch for the functionality you want.	[reply]
Re^3: pp hide gui system call by FreeBeerReekingMonk (Deacon) on Aug 25, 2018 at 16:21 UTC
Why not try a more Windows-eske vbs solution?	[reply]