Re: how to prevent the console from appearing ?

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Feb 5, 2005, at 7:06 AM, luc2 wrote:

> when i execute a gtk-perl program, a console window appears. is it  
> possible
> to prevent it from appearing ?

looks like you need to run your script with wperl instead of perl.

http://www.codecomments.com/archive234-2004-4-169540.html


unless you can figure out from these docs how to close the console  
yourself.

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/site/lib/Win32/ 
Console.html


> i'm using activeperl on windows, but i think it would be the same under
> linux; if i double-click on my script, a console would also appear  
> under
> linux...

not at all.  it's a side effect of how windows does console apps, and a  
holdover from the dos/win9x days.  windows programs are supposed to  
start with WinMain() instead of main(); programs that start with main()  
have a console allocated automatically,, which creates a console window  
if it's not already hooked up to one.


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