#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Tk; my $mw = MainWindow->new(); $mw->fontCreate('medium', -family=>'arial', -weight=>'bold', -size=>int(-14*14/10)); my $frame = $mw->Frame()->pack(); my $bframe = $mw->Frame()->pack(); my $estring = 'C://foo/bar/'; my $lstring = 'Please enter file'; my $label = $frame->Label( -textvariable => \$lstring, -bg => 'white', -width => 25, -justify =>'right', -anchor => 'e', -font => 'medium', )->pack(-side=>'left',-padx=>5); my $entry = $frame->Entry( -textvariable => \$estring, -bg => 'white', -width => 25, -font => 'medium', )->pack(-side=>'left',-padx=>5); $entry->focus; $entry->icursor('end'); $entry->bind('', \&get_file); $bframe->Button( -text => 'Quit', -command => sub { exit } )->pack(-side=>'left',-padx=>5); $bframe->Button( -text => 'Change', -command => sub { $lstring = 'Enter another'; $estring = 'D://foo/fi/fum/'; $entry->focus; $entry->icursor('end'); } )->pack(-side=>'left',-padx=>5); MainLoop; sub get_file{ my ($widget) = @_; my $entered = $widget->get(); print "file = $entered\n"; }