Update on solving the problem. I haven't worked on getting it working in Linux. Seems logical this would work under Linux

But an extremely simple solution on Windows was to install the Windows Version of Apache and let Perl and Flash communicate through Apache on 127.0.0.1

I like Tk, but Flash sure is a far more attractive local GUI over Perl/Tk for many things. Without doubt, the Perl Man is a genius compared to the lovely Miss Flash. They make a lovely couple.