Here is the OK button from the popup window. 
my $ok_but = $bf->Button(
                  -text => 'Continue', 
                  -width => 10,
                  -command => sub {
                   ($idx) = $list_box->curselection(); 
                   if ( defined $idx ){
                       $job = $jobs[$idx];
                       $mw->destroy();
                   } else { 
                       $mw->destroy();
                   }  
                   )->pack(-side => 'bottom',
                           -padx => 10,
                           -pady => 5);

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. . . at the end of the subroutine i have 
$top->Mainloop();
return $job if defined $job;
return 0;

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I must be missing something very obvious or I've been looking at the code too long to see my mistake. Because it always returns 0 before I even click 'Continue'.

Thanks for the help.

In reply to RE: Re: pTk popup not returning value and not locking calling window by el-moe
in thread pTk popup not returning value and not locking calling window by el-moe

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