On 12/23/2009 07:19 AM, Seb wrote: How about running your script as a Windows Service? If you need, I'll dig up an example for you.
As a service, you can't have a GUI, but it can communicate over a network. Brian > 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. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
