use Tk; use Tk::Balloon; use strict "vars"; my ($mw); my (%tooltip_mes, %tooltip_status_mes, %balloon_wg, %wg, @local_options, @mes_options, @sta_options, $option_res); $mw = MainWindow->new(-title => "Simple example"); $local_options[0] = 'Option 1'; $local_options[1] = 'Option 2'; $local_options[2] = 'Option 3'; $local_options[3] = 'Option 4'; $mes_options[0] = "tooltip 1/nOption A"; $mes_options[1] = "tooltip 2/nOption B"; $mes_options[2] = "tooltip 3/nOption C"; $mes_options[3] = "tooltip 4/nOption D"; $wg{APullDown_Option} = $mw->Optionmenu( -textvariable => \$option_res, -state => 'normal', -options => [@local_options])->pack; # line that fails $balloon_wg{pulldown}->attach($wg{APullDown_Option}, -msg => [@mes_options]); MainLoop;