I'm sure I'm overlooking something obvious but I've banged my head on the keyboard for long enough. Below I've included a small test case to demonstrate my dilemma.

Its a simple script that displays a dialog window which contains a single button. Clicking the button or the 'close app' icon (small 'X' on the title bar) should end the program run.

It works as expected until I uncommment the package declaration line. At that point the button clicks are no longer recognized and using the 'close app' icon only hide()'s the window and doesn't properly call the *_Terminate function.

Is there something I'm doing wrong or is it an issue with Win32::GUI accessing package level items even though the session was initiated from the same package? -Nitrox 

#package gui_test;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::GUI;

display_gui();

exit;

sub btnCancel_Click {-1;}

sub Main_Terminate {-1;}

sub display_gui {
    my $main = Win32::GUI::DialogBox ->new(
        -name   => "Main",
        -text => "GUI Test",
        -width  => 200,
        -height => 200,
        -top => 200,
        -left => 200,
        );

    my $btn_cancel = $main->AddButton(
        -name => "btnCancel",
        -cancel => 1,
        -text => "Cancel",
        -left => 100,
        -top => 100,
        );
    
    $main->Show();
    
    Win32::GUI::Dialog();
    }

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