A coworker tried to run a Perl/Tk program I worte under Win7 with Strawberry Perl 5.16.3

He got the error:

C:\Users\rowilson\Projects\Tools>perl UpdateP4SM.pl
Tk::Error: bad file type "ARRAY(0x7ad618)", should be "typeName {exten
+sion ?exte
nsions ...?} ?{macType ?macTypes ...?}?" at c:/Perl/perl/site/lib/Tk.p
+m line 338

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The filetype specification is almost copy/paste from Tk:getOpenFile and it worked on my Linux system.

Also, I changed the program to use Tk::FBox, instead, but while it works, when the program starts, a partially functioning (and useless) FBox is opened. Ok and Cancel have no affect. But, when the button on the main window is clicked, the useless one disappears and a properly functioning one appears.

My code (with the business logic removed) is:

#!perl -w

use strict;

use Tk;
use Tk::Label;
use Tk::Text;
use Tk::Button;
use Tk::FBox;

my $Type_P4SM = [ [ 'P4SM', '.p4sm' ] ];
my $File_P4SM;

my $mw=MainWindow->new(-title=>'UpdateP4SM');

my $w_Lab_Step1 = $mw -> Label ( -justify=>'left', -relief=>'flat', -t
+ext=>'Copy/Paste Commit Log from P4 to here:' ) -> grid(-row=>0, -col
+umnspan=>3, -column=>0, -sticky=>'nw');
my $w_Text_Commit = $mw -> Scrolled ( 'Text', -state=>'normal', -relie
+f=>'sunken', -scrollbars=>'se', -wrap=>'none' ) -> grid(-row=>1, -col
+umnspan=>3, -column=>0, -sticky=>'nw');
my $w_Lab_Step2 = $mw -> Label ( -justify=>'left', -relief=>'flat', -t
+ext=>'P4SM file to update:' ) -> grid(-row=>2, -column=>0, -sticky=>'
+nw');
my $w_Button_P4SM = $mw -> Button ( -overrelief=>'raised', -command=>\
+&Show_Open_P4SM, -width=>20, -state=>'normal', -relief=>'raised', -co
+mpound=>'none', -textvariable=>\$File_P4SM ) -> grid(-row=>2, -column
+=>1, -sticky=>'nwe');
my $w_FBox_P4SM = $w_Button_P4SM -> FBox ( -title=>'Select P4SM to Upd
+ate', -filetypes=>$Type_P4SM, -type=>'open' );
my $w_Button_Update = $mw -> Button ( -overrelief=>'raised', -command=
+>\&updateP4SM, -state=>'normal', -relief=>'raised', -text=>'Update', 
+-compound=>'none' ) -> grid(-row=>3, -column=>1, -sticky=>'new');
my $w_Button_Quit = $mw -> Button ( -overrelief=>'raised', -command=>\
+&Quit, -state=>'normal', -relief=>'raised', -text=>'Quit', -compound=
+>'none' ) -> grid(-row=>4, -column=>2, -sticky=>'ne');

MainLoop;

sub Show_Open_P4SM
{
    # $File_P4SM = $mw->getOpenFile( -title=>'Select P4SM to Update', 
+-filetypes=>$Type_P4SM );
    $File_P4SM = $w_FBox_P4SM->Show();
}

sub updateP4SM
{
    print "Updating $File_P4SM....\n";
}

sub Quit
{
    Tk::exit;
}

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In reply to Tk strangeness by RonW

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