Sounds like a job for CPAN!

I'd start by checking out Win32::GUI which is a module built expressly for the purpose you describe. But I should also point out that 99% of the time I just use the web as a GUI for all my apps so that the end user's OS of choice is no issue and the client side maintenance is no issue.

my $.02

"A man's maturity -- consists in having found again the
seriousness one had as a child, at play."   --Nietzsche
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