#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; use Tk; use Tk::Text; use IO::Socket; my ( $ip_addr, $line, $sock, $afterid, $cancel ); my $mw = new MainWindow; # Put a Frame in it/give it a label my $frm_name = $mw->Frame(); my $lab = $frm_name->Label( -text => "Enter IP address:port" ); # We need entry boxes for IP address:socket & a button to start running. my $ent1 = $frm_name->Entry(); my $but = $mw->Button( -text => "Start", -command => \&start ); my $stopbut = $mw->Button( -text => "Stop", -command => \&stop ); # Create a window for Display and Input. my $textarea = $mw->Frame(); #creating another frame my $txt = $textarea->Scrolled( 'Text', -width => 80, -height => 10, -scrollbars => 'osoe' ); $lab->grid( -row => 1, -column => 1 ); $ent1->grid( -row => 1, -column => 2 ); $frm_name->grid( -row => 1, -column => 1, -columnspan => 2 ); $but->grid( -row => 4, -column => 1 ); $stopbut->grid( -row => 4, -column => 2 ); $txt->grid( -row => 1, -column => 1 ); $textarea->grid( -row => 5, -column => 1, -columnspan => 2 ); MainLoop; sub start { return if defined $afterid; $cancel = 0; $ip_addr = $ent1->get(); print STDOUT "addr: $ip_addr\n"; $sock = new IO::Socket::INET( PeerAddr => $ip_addr, PeerPort => '5000', Proto => 'tcp', ); die "Could not create socket: $! \n" unless $sock; $afterid = $mw->after( 100, sub { while ( defined( $line = <$sock> ) ) { $line =~ s/\015\012/\n/; $txt->insert( 'end', $line ); $txt->see('end'); $mw->update; last if $cancel; } } ); } sub stop { return unless $afterid; $cancel = 1; $afterid->cancel; undef $afterid; close $sock; undef $sock; }