You aren't supplying enough information for anyone to really help you figure out your problem. The best I can come up with is "You're doing it wrong."

Try this code snippet to see if it gives you any pointers.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

my %w;

$w{mw} = MainWindow->new;

$w{topfr}  = $w{mw}->Frame()->pack( -expand => 1, -fill => 'x' );
$w{textfr} = $w{mw}->Frame()->pack( -expand => 1, -fill => 'both' );

$w{topfr}->Button(
    -text    => 'Previous',
    -command => sub { nextText('-backwards') }
)->pack( -side => 'left' );

$w{searchstring} =
  $w{topfr}->Entry( -text => 'text', )->pack( -side => 'left' );

$w{topfr}->Button(
    -text    => 'Next',
    -command => sub { nextText('-forwards') }
)->pack( -side => 'left' );

$w{textWindow} =
  $w{textfr}->Scrolled( 'Text', -scrollbars => 'ose' )
  ->pack( -expand => 1, -fill => 'both' );

$w{textWindow}->insert(
    'end',
q|I have a Scrolled Text widget in my application. I am trying to
implement an incremental search of a string on this text widget.
I have come up with the following logic , but it only highlights
the first occurence and not the remaining ocuurences. Please help
me to make it incremental for the entire text widget.
Following is my code |
);

$w{textWindow}->focus;
MainLoop;

sub nextText {
    my $direction = shift;
    my $string    = $w{searchstring}->get;
    $w{textWindow}->FindNext( $direction, '-exact', '-nocase', $string
+ );
}

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In reply to Re: Perl tk FindNext in a text widget by thundergnat
in thread Perl tk FindNext in a text widget by ghosh123

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