The "big commercial program" (BCP) masks how it handles it, so I don't know exactly what it is doing. BUT, if I set up the call as "Run Program" "\Perl\bin\wperl.exe" with parameters of "Perlscript.pl" "Parameters", it works perfectly. If instead, I make it "Run Program" "Perlscript.pl" "Parameters" the parameters are lost when file associations are set to call wperl for .pl extensions, whereas if the associations are set for perl.exe, the parameters are not lost.

It may be that I will have to change every call to the first format. That might be acceptable, but it will mean a lot of work going thru the massive data set and locating every place a Perl script has been inserted. I don't even mind the work, it's the mistakes I will make doing it, plus the fact that when reviewing the data for troubleshooting purposes BCP hides the actual parameters. Thus I cannot easily tell at any point what Perl script is being invoked if I make these changes. Annoying.

Looking at the registry, I don't really see any difference in how they are set up. To change the associations I just right-click on a .pl file and select open with... Choose program... and select Perl.exe or Wperl.exe. It seems pretty transparant, but I am tripping over this silly little anomaly.

Thanks for the help. Any additional suggestions are most welcome.

Nat

In reply to Re^2: More on Hiding DOS Windows by wa4otj
in thread Hiding the DOS window.. by wa4otj

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