Eliminate pop up window when script executes

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Re: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by sweetblood (Prior) on Feb 10, 2006 at 18:54 UTC
use wperl.exe instead of perl.exe HTH Sweetblood	[reply]
Re: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by mikeock (Hermit) on Feb 10, 2006 at 19:27 UTC
`BEGIN{require Win32::Console;Win32::Console::Free() if ($^O eq "MSWin32");}`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by Anonymous Monk on Feb 10, 2006 at 20:48 UTC
Thanks, Its actually Windows 2000. Do I need to modify anything for it to work with Windows 2000?	[reply]
Re^3: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by mikeock (Hermit) on Feb 10, 2006 at 21:01 UTC
According to the cookbook no. I have used this on WinXP and Win 2000 with no problems. I added this to a script so I could use as scheduled task. Works great and I have not seen any popups when it runs! Hope this helps!	[reply]
Re^4: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by Anonymous Monk on Feb 10, 2006 at 21:07 UTC
Re^5: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by mikeock (Hermit) on Feb 10, 2006 at 22:11 UTC
Re: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by johnnywang (Priest) on Feb 11, 2006 at 02:08 UTC
It seems sweetblood's answer did not get noticed, "wperl" is what you need, it's in the standard ActiveState distribution, in the bin directory.	[reply]
Re: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by vladb (Vicar) on Feb 10, 2006 at 18:45 UTC
There's a way to use windows scheduler to execute your scripts similar to how one would do it via CRON on a UNIX system. There's more info at ActiveState aspn site Example from the site: at 23:37 /interactive /every:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su cmd /c "c:\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\test.pl" _____________________ "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." Robert Wilensky, University of California	[reply]
Re: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by duff (Parson) on Feb 10, 2006 at 21:21 UTC
Look at Win32::Job. It has options to spawn a process in a minimized, maximized or hidden (the one you want) window. duff	[reply]
Re^2: Eliminate pop up window when script executes by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 10, 2006 at 23:58 UTC
That doesn't help. He would still have to start a perl script to use Win32::Job, which would display a console before he got chance to spawn a process. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]