sourcecode PERLscienceman <code> #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Win32; use Win32::Process; # Create the process object. Win32::Process::Create($Win32::Process::Create::ProcessObj, "C:\\perl\\bin\\Perl.exe", # Where Perl is located. "perl c:\\yourdir\\yourTKscript.pl", # 0, # Don't Inherit DETACHED_PROCESS, # ".") or # current directory die print_error(); # sub print_error(){ # return Win32::FormatMessage(Win32::GetLastError() ); } $Win32::Process::Create::ProcessObj -> Resume(); </code> Have you ever wanted to run a Perl/Tk Script on Win32 without that pesky DOS window? This is the script. I found this in O'Reilly's Perl Cookbook, 1st Edition; Section 15.17, pp544-545. With a little tweak (their was an apparent typo in the book which caused it initially not to work). This script allows for an associated process, in this case, yourTKscript.pl, to run without a DOS window. I found this script to be quite useful. GUI Programming Jay Madigan (PERLscienceman) <perlsciman@hotmail.com>