Thanks again so much BrowserUk, your example is exactly what I needed...
FYI, I'm accessing Outlook and I'm retrieving information. However, ever since Outlook 2000 SP2, a security window pops up : the aim of my thread is to monitor Windows and see whether that window pops up. The thread calls a sub which code is :
sub clearSecurity
{
# As of Outlook 2000 SP2, MS has added a security component that preve
+nts any code
# run from accessing Outlook's inner properties. To impede that techni
+cal protection
# we need to clear the security popup window.
   
   my $securityHandle = 0;
   while (1) # keep on running the test
   {
      sleep(5); # sleep 5 seconds to wait for popup window to come up 
+(should there be one)
      $securityHandle = LTG::dialog::findSecurityWindow();
      LTG::dialog::clearSecurityWindow($securityHandle) if ($securityH
+andle);      
   }
}

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What I'm aiming at is to start the sub prior to fiddling with Outlook and kill right after having finished with Outlook...

In reply to Re: Re: Create a separate process with a sub... by Foggy Bottoms
in thread Create a separate process with a sub... by Foggy Bottoms

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