Hi folks,
Here is the question: I'm looking for a minimal example of a (perl) script
that dies (gracefully or not) when Windows tries to shutdown.
Story: I have developed an application that monitors via RS232 the health
of TV screens attached to PCs. The information gathered is relayed to a
central server. This application must run continuously, but still die
when an automatic shutdown is triggered on the PC. The application works
but doesn't die when asked to (via Start->Stop).
I have a fair knowledge of Perl and Unix, but I am totally new to Windows
programming: don't hesitate to state an obvious solution :-) Please note
that the application does not in itself require a GUI. I tried a GUI
following the discussion here:
http://objectmix.com/perl/20692-win32-how-quit-perl-script-during-log-off-automatically.html
A solution that would use Win32::API would also work for me, I just
thought it might be simpler with Win32::GUI.
I have tried to use GetMessage and PeekMessage, but I'm clearly not using
them the right way (again, I know zilsch about Windows programming).
I've read the archives on mail-archive.com and found discussions dating
back to 2001 and 2004; they do not provide a working example alas. I also
tried to understand the man pages on CPAN and the samples in the tarball,
but couldn't find a hint there either.
Any hope, err, help, would be much appreciated!
Seb.
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