Also, there may be no need to go the IPC/separation route if the service itself does not actually do much processing...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of darrik mazey Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:43 AM To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Service with Trayicon and Popup-menu Typically I separate the processes and write a service and a controller. The tray icon belongs to the controller and communicates its desires to the service as needed. This seems like a clearer approach than DoEvents(), although the IPC may be overkill if the tray icon doesn't expose a lot of functionality. ~Darrik Mazey > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Geoffrey Spear > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Service with Trayicon and Popup-menu > > I'm not exactly clear on how you go about adding a tray icon with a > Win32::Daemon since, if I understand correctly, the daemon runs in the > background before a user is even logged in (which I'd assume is also > the reason the daemon can't call Win32::GUI::Dialog). > > Is it possible to call Win32::GUI::DoEvents() in your daemon when it's > needed and stop the loop that's calling it when your daemon is going > back to acting like a daemon? > > Or would it make sense (it does to me, but then I'm a UNIX person by > background) to have a completely separate process that handles user > interaction with the daemon, which itself just runs in the background > with no UI of its own? > > Geoffrey > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM
