Perl and windows scheduling

[WxJ]

Hey all. I've seen a few topics here on similar subjects, so thought I'd try to get some help. I have a perl program scheduled to run every 5 minuntse (I have Windows XP). The program needs to collect data every 5 min, and I used to have it in an infinite loop but was looking to move it to a scheduler. The problem is that whenever it runs, my screen goes blank for a few seconds (presumably to run the program). Is there any way I can stop this from happening and have it run purely in the background?

 

[Rieekan]

In the scheduler, use the application wperl.exe instead of perl.exe. That will run the application without a command prompt window appearing. Of course, if you're piping errors and such to STDOUT, you'll want to change that as well.

- George