Dear Monks,

I need your help regarding the use of Tk::Minicalendar in one of my application. I have several instances where the dates are required to enter dates for some application. Now, I am trying to create a separate subroutine to retrieve the dates. Of all the widgets that I have come across so far, Tk::Minicalendar has caught my attention for its more appaling interface.

However, when I try to create a separate sub for this widget, I encounter a problem. I am not able to return selected dates through the function callback. For some reason, the selected date is not returned. I know I am going wrong somewhere, just don't know where. Here is a sample code 
 use Tk;
 use Tk::MiniCalendar;

 use strict;
 
 
 my $date_sel = dates();
 print $date_sel; 


 MainLoop;
 
 sub dates{
   
 my $out_date;   
 my $top = MainWindow->new;

 my $frm1 = $top->Frame->pack;  # Frame to place MiniCalendar in
 my $minical = $frm1->MiniCalendar->pack;

 my $frm2 = $top->Frame->pack;  # Frame for Ok Button
   
 my $b_ok = $frm2->Button(-text => "Ok",
                -command => sub {
                  my ($year, $month, $day) = $minical->date;
                  $out_date = "$day-$month-$year";                   
                  exit;
                },
            )->pack; 
            
  return $out_date; 
            }

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Thanks in advance for your help .. :)

In reply to Callbacks using TK::Minicalendar by reaper9187

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