hide python window

[Tim Golden]

[Bell, Kevin]

| When I run a script, how can I make it run in the background?  I don't
| want to see the command window because it runs all day.  I'm on
| windows...

Broadly, two options (depending on what "in the background" means):

1) Complex, but complete: run it as a service. See the examples
in the pywin32 extensions, and various discussions on this and
the python-win32 mailing list.

Advantage: 
  runs thile the machine runs

Disadvantage: 
  more complex to set up 
  runs by default as a user with few privs

2) Simpler: run the script with the pythonw.exe executable (or
rename it to <whatever>.pyw). This will run without a console
window.

Advantage:
  simpler - just use a different exe

Disadvantage:
  will stop running when you log off

TJG

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