use Tk; $mw = new MainWindow(-title=>'mapp'); $pg = $mw->Frame; @map_fields = \(qw( A B C D E )); $cnt2 = 0; @file_fieldnames = qw( SHOW COLUMNS FROM lead SKIP ); foreach my $field ( @file_fieldnames ) { $pg->Label(-relief => 'sunken', -width => 15, -text => $field)->pack(); my $brb = $pg->BrowseEntry(-variable => ($map_fields[$cnt2]) ); $brb->insert('end', @$dbfields); $cnt2++; $brb->pack(); } my $btn =$pg->Button(-text=>'doit', -command => sub { doit() } ); $btn->pack; $pg->pack(); MainLoop; sub doit { $ifg->{parameter} = '1,2,3,4,5'; my @a = ( split ( ",", $ifg->{parameter} ) ); for ( @map_fields ) { $$_ = shift @a } ; }