Hello monks, I am in need of thine expert advice.

Situation:

-I am creating a Tkx GUI.

-This Tkx GUI runs a batch file when I press a button.

-While running the batch file I want the GUI to still be there but buttons are disabled. Additionally, I want a progress bar (indeterminate is fine) running while the batch file is running.

-I also want the output of the batch file to be displayed continuously, like it normally does when you run it by clicking.

-After the batch file finishes running, I want the GUI to be enabled again and do other stuff with other buttons

Things to note:

- The batch file executes quite a long time.

- Running this batch file normally will show a log that updates what it's doing, I need to see this too.

- I can not edit the batch file.

What I've tried:

- Using "exec", the perl gui calls a separate batch file - that calls the correct batch file - and subsequently call the GUI again after the batch is finished (so : GUI -> batch -> GUI)

I can technically get what I want using this method but it doesn't feel like a good design.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

In reply to Run a batch file and wait for it to finish by rezeile008

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