CavaPackager is a program that has a GUI you can use to 'build' perl scripts into standalone executables.
I plan on putting this program on a few different PCs around the office and don't want to have to install
Perl, as well as ALL the required Modules, espically Gtk2/Pango/Cairo/etc on each and every PC I want this on...
Which is rather time consuming.


Here is my ORIGINAL Code Snippet which executes the Background Script:
        *This is only a small snippet to get the idea...
        *FYI, the Background script opens a TCP Socket and sends some data to a server.

my $TIMEOUT = 30;


my $proc;
my $bg_script = "./bg_script.pl";

$proc = Proc::Background->new("perl $bg_script $ARG1 \"$ARG2\" $ARG3 $
+ARG4");

my $PID = $proc->pid;
my $start_time = $proc->start_time;
my $alive = $proc->alive;

my $timeout_start = time;
my $timeout_current;
my $timeout_diff;

while($alive ne 0)
{
    $alive = $proc->alive;

    # This will continue the processing of Gtk Events...
    while (Gtk2->events_pending) {
        Gtk2->main_iteration;
    }
    Gtk2::Gdk->flush;

    $timeout_current = time;
    $timeout_diff = $timeout_current - $timeout_start;

    if ($timeout_diff >= $TIMEOUT) {
        last;                #->Use 'last' to break out of loop if we 
+timed-out...
    }

    # Sleep for 1000 milliseconds
    usleep(1000);
}

[download]

I'm not exactly sure how it works, this is my first time using the CavaPackager Program, but after it's
done it will be a ".exe" and not a ".pl" so not sure if leaving the "perl" before the script will work in
the end...


But back to the Win32::Process, does anyone think this would be better to use then using the system command
that I said I got working in my last post?

I was just kinda curious if there were any Pros and/or Cons between using that system call method I got
working, and the "Win32::Process" method (*I guess only if it differs from Proc::Background)...

But anyway, I'm heading home shortly, I think I just need to step away from this for a bit and take a breath.
My head is sort of spinning with all this stuff.


Thanks AGAIN to everyone who posted, much appreciated!!


Thanks,
Matt

In reply to Re^5: Using Proc::Background and Win32 by mmartin
in thread Using Proc::Background and Win32 by mmartin

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