use Tk; use Tie::IxHash; tie %hash, "Tie::IxHash"; my $i=1; my @w; #array to hold labels my %hash =( 1=>["Sappy", "Jewell", "2515 E Princeton", "Visalia", "CA" ], 2=>["Roomy", "Hilton", "12803 Westledge Ln", "Fifa", "Transvania"], 3=>[ "Lala", "Deena", "423 Northland Street", "St. Louis", "Misery" ], 4=>[ "LOLO", "Homy", "444 Wold City", "Foxy", "Flowerida" ], ); my @fields = qw/First_Name Last_Name Address City State /; my $mw=MainWindow->new (-title=>"Data Test"); my $rec_no=keys %hash; my $label = $mw->Label(-text=>"$array[$i]"); $label->pack; my $t=$mw->Scrolled("Text",-width=>50,-wrap=>'none')->pack(-expand=>1,-fill=>'both'); $w[0]=$t->Label(-text=>"$fields[0]",-relief=>'groove',-width=>20); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[0]); $w[0]=$t->Entry(-width=>20,-textvariable=>\$hash{$i}[0]); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[0]); $t->insert('end',"\n"); $w[1]=$t->Label(-text=>"$fields[1]",-relief=>'groove',-width=>20); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[1]); $w[1]=$t->Entry(-width=>20,-textvariable=>\$hash{$i}[1]); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[1]); $t->insert('end',"\n"); $w[2]=$t->Label(-text=>"$fields[2]",-relief=>'groove',-width=>20); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[2]); $w[2]=$t->Entry(-width=>20,-textvariable=>\$hash{$i}[2]); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[2]); $t->insert('end',"\n"); $w[3]=$t->Label(-text=>"$fields[3]",-relief=>'groove',-width=>20); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[3]); $w[3]=$t->Entry(-width=>20,-textvariable=>\$hash{$i}[3]); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[3]); $t->insert('end',"\n"); $w[4]=$t->Label(-text=>"$fields[4]",-relief=>'groove',-width=>20); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[4]); $w[4]=$t->Entry(-width=>20,-textvariable=>\$hash{$i}[4]); $t->windowCreate('end',-window=>$w[4]); $t->insert('end',"\n"); $next =$mw->Button ( -relief=>'raised', -text=>"Next >>", -state=>'normal',-command=>\&next ); $back =$mw->Button(-relief=>'raised', -text=>"<< Back", -state=>'normal',-command=>\&back ); &process_rows(); print Dumper(%hash); MainLoop; sub process_rows{ if ($i ==1){ $back->configure(-text=>"Back", -state=>'disabled',-command=>\&back); $next ->configure(-text=>"Next >>", -state=>'normal',-command=>\&next); } elsif ($i == $rec_no){ $next->configure(-text=>"Next", -state=>'disabled',-command=>\&next); $back->configure(-text=>"Back", -state=>'normal',-command=>\&back); } else { $next->configure(-text=>"Next", -state=>'normal',-command=>\&next); $back->configure(-text=>"Back", -state=>'normal',-command=>\&back); } for my $k (0..4){ $label->configure(-text=>"$i"); $label->pack; print $hash{$i}[$k] . "\n"; $w[$k]->configure(-textvariable=>\$hash{$i}[$k]); $t->configure(); $back->pack(-anchor=>'center', -side=>'left'); $next->pack(-anchor=>'center', -side=>'right'); } } sub next{ $i++ unless $i == $rec_no; &process_rows(); } sub back{ --$i unless $i == 1; &process_rows(); }