Assuming Perl/Tk, see Tk::Scrolled.

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"use Tk;
 use Tk::ROText;
 ;;
 my $MW = tkinit;
 ;;
 my $row0p2 = $MW->Scrolled('ROText', -scrollbars => 'oe',
   qw(-height 8  -width 22  -wrap word),
   )->pack;
 ;;
 $row0p2->insert('end', '[  ' . 'long description  ' x 80 . ']');
 ;;
 MainLoop;
"
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As was said above, use the Scrolled widget.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::ROText;

my $file = shift || $0;
open (FH,"< $file") or die "$!\n";
my @lines = <FH>;
close FH;

my $main = MainWindow->new;

my $text = $main->Scrolled('ROText',
   -width => 80, 
   -height => 30,
   -bg=>'black',
   -fg=>'lightyellow',
   -scrollbars => 'osow',
   ) ->pack();

 foreach my $line (@lines){
   $text->insert('end',$line);
   $text->update;
  }


$main->Button(-text => 'Cancel',
              -command => sub{exit}
               )->pack;

MainLoop;
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I have specified 'use Tk' and 'require Tk::ROText'.

$row0p2 = $top->ROText(-height =>8, -width => 22, -wrap => 'word', 
-scrollbars => 'oe')->pack;
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will produce a widget with working scrollbars. It is just when I try to insert new text widget into another with windowCreate I get the error.

$row0p2 = $top->ROText(-height =>8, -width => 22, -wrap => 'word',
-scrollbars => 'oe')->pack;

will produce a widget with working scrollbars.

I don't have the latest version of Tk (804.034) and my Tk::ROText does not support the  -scrollbars option, so I'm afraid I can't help further with windowCreate.

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"use Tk;
 use Tk::ROText;
 ;;
 print 'Perl/Tk version: ', $Tk::VERSION;
 ;;
 my $MW = tkinit;
 ;;
 my $row0p2 = $MW->ROText(-height =>8, -width => 22, -wrap => 'word',
   -scrollbars => 'oe')->pack;
 ;;
 $row0p2->insert('end', '[  ' . 'long description  ' x 80 . ']');
 ;;
 MainLoop;
"
Perl/Tk version: 804.03
Tk::Error: Can't set -scrollbars to `oe' for Tk::ROText=HASH(0x285580c
+): Bad option `-scrollbars' at
 C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Configure.pm line 45.
 at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Derived.pm line 294.
 Tk callback for event
 Tk callback for .
 Tk callback for .rotext
 Tk::Derived::configure at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Derived
+.pm line 306
 Tk::Widget::new at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Widget.pm line
+ 205
 Tk::Widget::__ANON__ at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Widget.pm
+ line 256
Can't set -scrollbars to `oe' for Tk::ROText=HASH(0x285580c): Bad opti
+on `-scrollbars' at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Configure.pm 
+line 45.
 at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Derived.pm line 294.

 at C:/strawberry/5.14/perl/site/lib/Tk/Derived.pm line 306.
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I have found an acceptable workaround for the problem. By using Tk::Pane the entire main window is scrollable and the scrollbars inside the ROText widget are still functional. The downside is that the widgets at the top of my window also scroll out of view. Since the main focus of the window is the long list of items I can live with this.

#! /usr/bin/perl  -w
use Tk;
use Tk::Pane;
require Tk::ROText;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

$pane = $mw->Scrolled(Pane, 
    -scrollbars => 'ow',
    -sticky => 'nswe',
    -gridded => 'y',
    -height => '800'
);
 
$pane->Frame();
$pane->grid;

$pos1 = $pane->ROText(-height => 7, -width => 20, -wrap => 'word')->gr
+id
    ( $pos2 = $pane->ROText(-height => 7, -width => 20, -wrap => 'word
+'), 
    $pos3 = $pane->Scrolled('ROText', -height =>7, -width => 20, -wrap
+ => 'word', -scrollbars => 'oe'), 
    $pane->Label(-height => 100, -width => 100,-text => "Photo"  ),  
    $pane->Button(-text => "Link"), -sticky => "nsew");

$pos1->tagConfigure('bold', -font => "Courier 10  bold", -justify => "
+center", -spacing1 => 50);
$pos2->tagConfigure('bold', -font => "Courier 10  bold", -justify => "
+center", -spacing1 => 30);

$pos1->insert('end', "Evening Gown", 'bold');
$pos2->insert('end', "Blue and black formal dress",  'bold');
$pos3->insert('end', " [Long description] ");

MainLoop;
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