I have used, and recommend the NT resource kit tool "srvany.exe" to run perl scripts as services. This can be used in conjunction with "instsrv", Service Installation Wizard (Srvinstw.exe), or "sc.exe" to configure and start the service. There are also third party tools like FireDaemon (which now wants $$$) to do this.

For the UI, I suggest making your service (or pseudo-service) a web server using the simple HTTP::Daemon module, perhaps on a different port, in case you run a web service on the same server.

    ...each is assigned his own private delusion but he cannot see the baggage on his own back.

In reply to Re: converting a command-line program to one with a "pretty" interface by NetWallah
in thread converting a command-line program to one with a "pretty" interface by punkish

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