On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Michael Ellery wrote:
>
> ..I use this function pretty regularly to spawn procs on windows, but
> I've often wanted to minimize the console or main window that was
> launched. Does anyone know how to do this? In the corresponding WIN32
> API, there is a STARTUPINFO structure that allows this, but looks like
> it's not part of the Win32::Process API. Advice appreciated.
You cannot do this currently with Win32::Process, so you may want
to file an enhancement request at
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Win32-Process
You could achieve the functionality with the standard system()
function though. Just call e.g.
Win32::SetChildShowWindow(Win32::SW_SHOWMINIMIZED);
or
Win32::SetChildShowWindow(Win32::SW_HIDE);
to run processes minimized, or even without a window at all.
See `perldoc Win32` for the Win32""SetChildShowWindow() docs.
If you need to wait for your subprocesses, then you may want
to use this somewhat obscure form:
my $pid = system(1, $cmdline);
# ...
waitpid $pid, 0;
(This is documented in `perldoc perlport` as a Win32 specific extension
to system(), but not mentioned in `perldoc -f system`).
Cheers,
-Jan
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