Question: can I use this if the bulk of my application is non-Tk? In other words, say I'd like to present a dialog to the user when my app starts, but once they complete the dialog I'd like to go off and do something else that doesn't involve a GUI. I notice that both Tk::Dialog and Tk::DialogBox require a parent widget. Is there a way I could use one of these as my main window, something like this: 
my $dlg = Tk::DialogBox->new(-title => 'Login', -buttons => ['Ok', 'Ca
+ncel']);  # this line doesn't work
$dlg->add('Label', -text => 'User name')->pack;
my $user_entry = $dlg->add('Entry')->pack;
$dlg->add('Label', -text => 'Password')->pack;
my $pwd_entry = $dlg->add('Entry', -show => '*')->pack;
my $btn = $dlg->Show;
my $username = $user_entry->get;
my $pwd = $pwd_entry->get;
if ($btn eq 'Ok') {
  print "logging in with user $username and password $pwd\n";
}

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and skip the MainLoop?

In reply to Re^2: Suggestions for Tk login screen by Errto
in thread Suggestions for Tk login screen by mhearse

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