How to call a perl script through .exe

jack123 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Eveyone, First of all I created one GUI with buttons,labels, texts using perl Tk, now after that i created that .pl script to .exe fil. Now I want another .pl script to be called by clicking on a button in that GUI. Right now it works fine by including this code in the parent perl script(.exe one) : sub update_script {system($^X, 'test2.pl', $ent -> get(), $ent_pass -> get(),$arg_32, @values, @names);} This function update_script is being called on one of the button in test1.pl or test1.exe Now the button on the test1.exe works fine on click and shows test2.pl output but in case if I put this .exe somewhere else then it says perl file unrecognized. Can someone tell me how to solve theses kind of errors? Regards, Jack

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Re: How to call a perl script through .exe by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2012 at 00:20 UTC
Hi, I would extract the relevant code from test2.pl into a sub either in the test1.pl file or into test2.pm and just call it as a sub, not forgetting to use or require test2.pm if that is the way you go. J.C.	[reply]
Re^2: How to call a perl script through .exe by jack123 (Acolyte) on May 08, 2012 at 03:01 UTC
my test1.exe was also passing parameters to test2.pl, if I'll make test2.pl as test2.pm then how these parameters will be passed. Also if I am writing use test2,pm in test1,pl then test2,pm GUI window appears first which is wrong. What I want is test1,exe should have a button by clicking on which we can pass parameters to test2,pm and then the test2,pm runs a GUI which should be able to have other buttons too inside it.	[reply]
Re^3: How to call a perl script through .exe by Anonymous Monk on May 09, 2012 at 01:14 UTC
Hi, Think of it like this, test1 and test2 stuff are controlled from the same main window. Test1 is on the first tab of a two tabbed screen, test2 is on the second. While you are working on page 1 you hide page 2, when you click the button to move to page 2 you hide page 1 and show page 2. You pass parameters in exactly the same way as you pass them to a sub-routine, because test2 is exactly that. It's the same as if you wanted to add a bit of functionality to any existing program. just add another sub-routine and call it, rather than writing a completely different program and calling it through systme or backticks. Well, it works for me, but as always - TMTOWTDI. J.C.	[reply]
Re^3: How to call a perl script through .exe by bulk88 (Priest) on May 09, 2012 at 03:39 UTC
Use subroutines, not separate PM files, perlsub. Or are you trying to say your having a GUI block problem and you want to use threads or separate processes?	[reply]