I've got an app I developed using Activestate Perl 5.6 and which is compiled using PerlApp 5.03. Runs just fine from the command prompt. The client now wants the program to be launched from the system tray. So, I modified the sample code that came with PerlTray and call the compiled EXE at intervals (or on a menu selection) using the system command, as follows:
system("$exe_name");
However, each time the EXE runs, it brings up a console window. I'd like to suppress the console window, as it's very disruptive to the user. I've added the --gui parameter when I compile the EXE using PerlApp, but the window still comes up when I run the EXE. Backticks work the same way, and Exec terminates the program. Any ideas, short of rewriting and integrating the two programs, to make the console not show up?
Thanks.
--Mark in WestHills

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