Heya, fellow monks!

I've got a little problem here, and i want to hear your opinions about it:

I've got a little Tk-Application, and i want to select a directory in it.

The script shall run on other computers in my company as well, so i do not want to install further modules.

BTW: The System is Windows XP an IndigoPerl 5.6

Unfortunately Tk::FileSelect doesn't return directories, and i can't find Tk::chooseDirectory on my machine, which was recommended by some monks in the chatterbox.

So after some scrolling through the docs, i found Tk::DirTree, which looked very promising, but i cannot get the currently selected directory out of this widget, at least not in the following way: 

my $currentDir = "D:/p/";
my $dirTreeFrame = $mainwin->Frame;
$dirTreeFrame->pack();
my $scrolledDirTree = $dirTreeFrame->Scrolled('DirTree', -scrollbars =
+> "oeos")->pack();
$scrolledDirTree->configure(-directory  => $currentDir,
                                -width  => 35,
                                -height => 35,
                                -command=> sub {doCreate($currentDir)}
+);

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I found the following documentation:
...
Switch: -command
Specifies the callback to be called when the user activates on a directory (usually by double-clicking on the name of the directory). The callback is called with one argument, the complete pathname of the directory.
...

So what argument do i have to submit, and how do i get it? It's not -directory, or else the code above should work...

Thanks for your help

Elderian

Update:
I used one single line out of zentara's code, and it worked! Hooray....
Unfortunately i have to offer more than one drive, which is not easy in windows.

So i found Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder, which seems to be just thing i always searched for! ;)

Thank you all for your help!

In reply to How do i select a directory in Tk? by Elderian

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