Anonymous Monk, I know you're going to be upset that I still haven't figured this out. If you could possibly give me another hint or resource for solving this, I'd really appreciate it. Here is the latest attempt. 

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use Carp qw(cluck);
use Tkx;
use B::Deparse;
#use YAPE::Explain;

my $value;
my $mw  = Tkx::widget->new(".");                   
my $frame = $mw -> new_frame();
$frame->g_pack();
my $ent = $frame ->new_entry(-textvariable => \$value);
$ent->g_pack();
chomp $ent;
print ">>>$ent<<<\n";
print "$ent\n";
$ent->configure(-validatecommand => [sub { $_[0] =~ /^(?:|-|\d+|-\d+)$
+/ }, Tkx::Ev('%P'), $ent],
    -invalidcommand  => [\&lam_num_error,Tkx::Ev('%P'), $ent]);
my $print_button = $frame->new_button(-text    => "Print",
                               -command => \&printx,
                               -font    => "ansi 10 bold");
$print_button->g_pack();
chomp $print_button;
print ">>>$print_button<<<\n";
print "$print_button\n";
my $reset_frm = $mw->new_frame();
$reset_frm->g_pack(-fill => 'both');
my $reset_button = $reset_frm->new_button(-text    => "Reset",
                                      -command => \&do_reset,
                                      -font    => "ansi 10 bold");
$reset_button->g_pack();
chomp $reset_button;
print ">>>$reset_button<<<\n";
print "$reset_button\n";
cluck ("$reset_button");

Tkx::MainLoop();

sub printx
{
    print $value unless $value eq '-';
}

sub do_reset
{
    $ent->delete(0, 'end');
}

sub lam_num_error
{
    Tkx::tk___mmessageBox(-message => "The input must be an integer.")
+;
}

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In reply to Re^8: Tk vs Tkx for -validatecommand by shortyfw06
in thread Tk vs Tkx for -validatecommand by shortyfw06

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