Printing rtf-files with openoffice windows xp

harryC has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I can print rtf files from the command line on the windows default printer with following command:
c:\program files\openoffice\soffice\swriter.exe -p test.rtf
How can i ivoke this command in the background from a perl script
thanks for you response

Considered by gellyfish: duplicate of Re^2: Moving from MS Office OLE code to Openoffice for printing RTF documents
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Re: Printing rtf-files with openoffice windows xp by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 31, 2006 at 20:02 UTC
`system` launches a program. If the first argument is `1`, the program is launched in the background (Windows only). Passing the parameters as seperate strings (as opposed to passing a single string to `system`) prevents injection attacks/bugs. `my $filename = 'test.rtf'; system(1, 'c:\\program files\\openoffice\\soffice\\swriter.exe', '-p', + $filename);` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Printing rtf-files with openoffice windows xp by cwry (Monk) on Aug 01, 2006 at 05:07 UTC
Just a small side note, `'c:\\program files\\openoffice\\soffice\\swriter.exe'` might be more nicely written as `'c:/program files/openoffice/soffice/swriter.exe'`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Printing rtf-files with openoffice windows xp by Ieronim (Friar) on Jul 31, 2006 at 21:55 UTC
For a more documented and controllable solution than `system(1,...)`, look at the Win32::Process module. `s;;Just-me-not-h-Ni-m-P-Ni-lm-I-ar-O-Ni;;tr?IerONim-?HAcker ?d;print`	[reply] [d/l] [select]