Dos box popping up problem .... 1

[rab54]

Gurus -

I have a script that polls a db every minute on the server - is there a way to stop the dos box 'popping up' every time it runs ?

cheers

Rab

 

[MikeLacey]

There's an executable named perlw.exe which is used by Perl/TK scripts that don't want a DOS window. Apart from last of DOS window it's the standard Perl interpreter as far as I'm aware. Try using that instead.

Mike

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[rab54]

Cheers Mike -

On windows (with Activestate perl) it is wperl.exe -

Works like a dream

cheers

Rab

 

[MikeLacey]

Aha - wrong way around, I should have checked first. Glad you're sorted though.

Mike

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[dmazzini]

Try it at the beginning of your script:


BEGIN {
if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
require Win32::Console;
Win32::Console::Free( );
}
}

Have a great day!

 

[MikeLacey]

Neat - the console appears, very briefly, and then goes away.

Mike

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[InDenial]

I think that running a scipt as a service is the solution. Services work in the background so they do not create dos box popups I believe.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251192

You do have to have administrator rights though

InDenial

 

[ishnid]

Alternatively, you could compile your script with pp (which is part of the PAR package. If you pass the -g flag to pp, it will suppress the console window on Win32 systems.