Win32::Process->Create, can't get right syntax

[Shea Martin]

I have the following line in my code:

Win32:rocess->Create($proc, "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\notepad.exe",
'nodepad text.txt', 1, DETACHED_PROCESS, "." );

It keeps generating the following error:

Usage: Win32:rocess::Create(cP, appname, cmdline, inherit, flags, curdir)
at D
:\my\path\test.pm line 535.


Any ideas?

Thanks,

~S

 

[Paul Lalli]

I have the following line in my code:

Win32:rocess->Create($proc, "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\notepad.exe",
'nodepad text.txt', 1, DETACHED_PROCESS, "." );

It keeps generating the following error:

Usage: Win32:rocess::Create(cP, appname, cmdline, inherit, flags, curdir)
at D
:\my\path\test.pm line 535.

Using the arrow notation is not simple syntactic sugar for the ::
notation. Your call translates to:

Win32:rocess::Create('Win32:rocess', $proc,
"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\notepad.exe",
'nodepad text.txt', 1, DETACHED_PROCESS, "." );

The arrow notation should be used for methods only, not simple
subroutines.

Indeed, the perldoc for Win32:rocess has a synopsis using
Win32:rocess::Create(...), not Win32:rocess->Create(...)

Hope this helps,
Paul Lalli