Closing console window in Windows

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

Hi all, I run a commandline application inside a GUI application with open and get its output with a pipe:

my $pid = open($mypipe, '-|', "$cmd $host ");
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This also opens the black console window. How can I make this window not open?
Thanks!!

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Re: Closing console window in Windows by lamprecht (Friar) on Jun 12, 2009 at 19:04 UTC
Hi, maybe adding `use Win32; Win32::SetChildShowWindow(Win32::SW_HIDE);` [download] helps? Cheers, Christoph	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Closing console window in Windows by Proclus (Beadle) on Jun 13, 2009 at 07:45 UTC
Thanks Christoph, it worked!!	[reply]
Re: Closing console window in Windows by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 12, 2009 at 19:04 UTC
Launch the program via `start`. IIRC, one of the options avoids the creation of a console. Update: `start /wait /b` (for background). There's also `start /wait /min` if you want the window minimised instead of absent.	[reply] [d/l] [select]