my $textEntry = $mainWindow -> Entry(-state => 'normal') -> pack( -side => 'bottom', -expand => 'BOOLEAN'); $textEntry -> bind('' => &get); sub get { my $text = $textEntry -> get(); print "$text\n"; } #### Tk::Error: Can't locate auto/Tk/Entry/1.al in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/Tk.pm line 423 Carp::croak at /usr/share/perl/5.10/Carp.pm line 44 AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/AutoLoader.pm line 47 (command bound to event)