in reply to Prototype problem for XS module

Not an answer to your XS problem, but ActiveState Perl comes with the message box call built-in. Try this:

perl -MWin32 -E"say'The man, he say: ',Win32::MsgBox('Is this what you
+ are after?',4,'Just a question')==6 ?'yes':'no'"

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Re^2: Prototype problem for XS module
by chessgui (Scribe) on Feb 05, 2012 at 17:46 UTC
    Thanks a lot. I used to be an ActiveState customer. Recently I switched to Strawberry since it seemed (and later proved) to be more capable of installing CPAN modules. However I feel more and more that the functionality of even CPAN modules is limited when it comes to interfaces to Windows API. (For example in the Win32::GUI module when I speak to the System Tray a bubble pops up which makes a noise - I don't want this noise). Ceterum censeo there is a need to do it myself and make API calls directly through XS code.
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      Thanks a lot. I used to be an ActiveState customer. Recently I switched to Strawberry

      Well, Win32 is a CPAN module too.

      (For example in the Win32::GUI module when I speak to the System Tray a bubble pops up which makes a noise - I don't want this noise).

      The audible alert is a OS user interface feature, not an application feature. That is, a windows user can elect to turn off audible alerts -- it's about the first thing I do when I do a new install -- or not. But it is, and should be, the application users choice to have audible alerts, not the application writers.

      Ceterum censeo there is a need to do it myself and make API calls directly through XS code.

      Learning XS is not a bad thing to do. Though you may well find it a frustrating exercise.

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

      The start of some sanity?
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        There is an open source application called notifu which is a command line tool for creating notifications in the system tray. This application has a '/q' option which disables the sound when the balloon pops up (I tested this). So it must be possible somehow (for exactly how I should try to understand the source code) to disable sound on a per message basis.
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