How to continue a script after using a system call without the system call has been closed

[juo]

Dear all, I would like to do the following : system(notepad test.txt); print "This is a test\n"; Now to get the line "This is a test" I need to close my notepad first. Is their a way that the script opens the notepad but keep running the script without that I have to close notepad first. Thanks, Pieter

[$code or die]

use Win32::Process - It's standard with ActiveState Perl. e.g....



use Win32::Process;      my $Notepad;
Win32::Process::Create($Notepad,"D:\\winnt\\system32\\notepad.exe","no
+tepad test.txt",0,CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,".")|| die ErrorReport();


$code or die
$ perldoc perldoc

[vladdrak]

you can also do either:

system("start notepad test.txt");

or

`notepad test.txt`;

[Caillte]

I've found that using Win32::Process is better as calling start requires a DOS window to be open

$japh->{'Caillte'} = $me;