Hide DOS window running PerlApp

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

Monks and monkesses

Very simple question. Hopefully, very simple answer!

Got a small Perl program compiled to an exe with PerlApp. I can run this from shell window or a DOS box. If I then call it from another language, in this case PL/SQL, how do I stop the DOS box popping up????

The Perl program doesn't print anything so I just want it to run, but I don't want the DOS box.

Thanks,
PerliKnight

update (broquaint): title change (was Invisible Perl)

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Re: Hide DOS window running PerlApp by Aristotle (Chancellor) on May 30, 2003 at 11:16 UTC
Super Search is your friend: Re: Running perl without a command window Suppressing Console in PerlApp Script Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Invisible Perl by tinita (Parson) on May 30, 2003 at 11:16 UTC
for not compiled scripts you would use wperl.exe instead of perl.exe. i don't know about compiled scripts. googling for this suggests using the "-gui"-option when compiling. hth	[reply]
Re: Hide DOS window running PerlApp by JamesNC (Chaplain) on May 30, 2003 at 12:23 UTC
if you run perlapp with no arguments, you will get a list of all the options... the one you want is ( --gui ) to get help use ( --help)... PerlApp is very cool I just started using it and Tk to put a gui's on my scripts... talk about fast prototyping in perl... `The supported options are: --gui don't use a console --help print manpage (documentation)` [download] Good luck, JamesNC	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Hide DOS window running PerlApp by PerliKnight (Acolyte) on May 30, 2003 at 12:46 UTC
Whoops, never noticed that - ever feel stupid? Thanks all for replying. Cheers, PerliKnight	[reply]