Hello!
I don't know much about Tk ( seems to be more than the average programmer though :-), here is a mighty ugly demo program which will get you on the way. Forking should work...although it doesn't on my windows computer...

use Tk;

$SIG{ CHLD } = sub{ wait }; 

my $top = new MainWindow;

$top->Label(-text => 'Welcome to My Mail Program')->pack;
$top->Button(-text => 'Start',
                      -command => \&myStartRoutine
                      )->pack;

$top->Button(-text => 'Stop',
                      -command => sub{ kill($pid); exit; }
                      )->pack;

$top->Label(-text => 'Enter server name')->pack;
my $servname = $top->Entry(-width => 10);
$servname->pack;

$top->Button(-text => 'Configure',
                      -command => sub{ print "The server name is: ",$s
+ervname->get() ,"\n"}
                      )->pack;

MainLoop;

sub myStartRoutine
{

if( !($pid = fork) )    # child has the main loop looping for ever
{
   while( 1 )
   {
      print "program started\n"; sleep( 1 );
   }
}


}

[download]
Hope this helps!

Humble site of mine

In reply to Re: converting a command-line program to one with a "pretty" interface by bl0rf
in thread converting a command-line program to one with a "pretty" interface by punkish

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