[freak]

what shall i write in my script, so that when i save it to myscript.pl it won't open a window[consol] when i run it ?

[Chas]

On a windows box where you have the .pl extension associated with Perl binary it will always open in a command box. What are you wanting it to do?

Normally, if I want to run a script on the command line I will open up a command box then run the script. If I'm coding for the web I'll run it through Apache.

~Charlie

[freak]

and can i somehow make it[myscript.pl or myscript.exe[after compiling it through perl2exe]] opoen every 24 hours ?

[Chas]

I'm almost positive that windows (XP at least) has a built-in app called Task Scheuler that will do the trick. I also remeber using a command line utility called 'at' a while back on Windows NT. Other than that, I suggest Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=cron+for+windows

~Charlie

[freak]

but cant i do something in the script itself?

[Chas]

Not effectively, no. Your best bet is to use one of the options I mentioned above.

1) What happens if you reboot? If you set a timer in the script and reboot, you will have to restart the script every time to keep it runnig. If it's set up as s scheduled task, it will work automagically when the computer reboots.

2) It's just not a very clean way of doing it. You don't want the script constantly running in the background waiting for a timer to trip/reset. That's what cron and Task Scheduler are for.

~Charlie

[freak]

thank you very much