use Tk; use Tk::MListbox; my $mw = MainWindow->new(); my $count_v = 0; my $stop_v = 0; my $stop = $mw->Checkbutton(-text => "stop", -variable => \$stop_v, -command => \&schedule)->pack(); my $count = $mw->Label(-text => $count_v)->pack(); $count->after(1000, \&inc); MainLoop; sub inc { $count->configure(-text => $count->cget("-text") + 1); if (!$stop_v) { $count->after(1000, \&inc); } } sub schedule { if (!$stop_v) { $count->after(1000, \&inc); } }