Brethern --

I want to get the results of the windows program tlist.exe in a variable. This is easily accomplised by doing:

$tlist = `tlist`;

And if it is perl.exe that is running the script, the tlist window never shows up. If I run it with wperl.exe, the tlist window flickers up and disappears.

How can I get the results of tlist into a variable while my script is running under wperl.exe without the tlist window showing up?

I have tried using Win32::Process but 1.) I can't get it to start tlist in a non-windowed environment and 2.) I don't know how I could even get the results of the "forked" tlist back in my original script. 

use Win32::Process;
Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,
    "C:\\windows\\system32\\tlist.exe",
     "",
     0,
     "CREATE_NO_WINDOW,
      ".")|| die ErrorReport();

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Any light that could be shed would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Matt

In reply to Hiding programs launched within wperl'd script by mdog

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