I have a problem regarding Perl/Tk and Threads,
I made a GUI with TK and from this GUI I am calling a module which has a long runtime. Now I would like to display some status messages about this module, how far it reached.
I tried to make this with Threads, but this won't function. 
sub run { #this is called via a button from the GUI
  #Call the Module
  $threadRun = Thread -> new (\&printExcel::Edit, $option,$path);
  #print the status
  &printStatus();
}
sub printStatus {
   print "\n\n\n\n\n\nprint status\n";
   #hier hol ich mir den neuen status
   my @NewStatus = &printExcel::GetStatus();
   print "new status: @NewStatus\n";

   #now wait 5 seconds an call yourself
   $Basic_wd -> after (5000, &printStatus(@NewStatus));
}

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I know the "printStatus" sub is an endless loop, but this is not the problem. The problem is, when i call the thread, the sub defined in the thread is called, the "printStatus" sub is also called, but only once.
The sub "&printExcel::Edit" runns and when it finished, the whole Gui freezes and the progam is hooked. Has anyone some suggetstions what i made wrong or how I could solve this problem?

In reply to Perl/Tk and Threads by Streen

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