I have a Perl script that calls an .exe program, but the .exe program sometimes fails. When failing, the .exe opens up a dialog that prompts the user to click "ok." When the user clicks "ok," the perl script resumes, moving on to the next piece of data that it is supposed to send to the .exe file. I would like to automatically select ok, so that, even without a user, the Perl script can continue to run if the .exe file crashes. Is this possible? I was wondering if it would be possible to just set a timer, so that if the .exe program runs for longer than 10 minutes, the perl script would kill it--whether it gives the pop-up or not (would it also kill it if it gave a pop-up?)\ Thanks again.

In reply to How to continue running script if .exe program fails by sjwnih111

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