Packaging a simple perl script for use by "average Joes" running Windows

I have a really trivial perl script that I would like to distribute to a number of clients who are not very computer savvy. They are all running Windows XP or above. Furthermore, it is safe to assume that they do not have Perl 开发者_Python百科installed on their systems.

I'm looking for a Perl module or other solution that would allow me to do the following:

• The application should auto start upon login and minimize to the system tray until the user expands it by clicking on the system tray icon.

• When expanded from the system tray the application should provide a simple Windows GUI to the script. The GUI is super trivial: a status line showing the status of the application and a "Do stuff" button that will trigger the processing of the applications business logic.

• Windows-style ideally wizard based installation. I'd like to be able to able to distribute an [application-name]-install.exe that would guide the user through the installation. Perl plus dependencies should be installed behind the scene.

Are there any Perl GUI toolkits and/or installation tools that would help me achieve these things?

• Win32::SysTray
• Win32::GUI
• PAR::Packer provided executable wrapped into NSIS

There are many more ways to do it. I think these modules will get you started most easily.

I am using perlapp from ActiveState to compile scripts into self-contained exe. It is commercial, but did not have problems I sometimes ran into with PAR/pp.

When I need to package more than just .exe (database drivers, configuration, templates, etc), quick installer can be made with InnoSetup.