Dear Monks

I sure would appreciate your wisdom on this one:
I have some entry boxes (only give you one here). 

$case_numbertf = $page1 -> Entry(-textvariable => \$case_number) ->pla
+ce(-x=> 380, -y=> 30);

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And some scrollable text areas:

$agency_infotf = $page1 -> Scrolled('Text', -scrollbars=> 'e', -width=
+> 25, -height=>1)->place(-x=> 15, -y=> 85);

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Then, I check to see if my user has typed in those so I can let him/her know what is not filled out.
So, to check the entry box: 
if ($case_number eq ""){
$dialog = $mw-> Dialog(
          -title => 'Alert',
        -text => "Please Complete ALL the Fields on the First Tab",
          -buttons => [ qw(OK) ])        
        ->Show();

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And I check the scrollable text area:

$agency_info = $agency_infotf->get('1.0','end');
if ($agency_info eq ""){
$dialog = $mw-> Dialog(
          -title => 'Alert',
        -text => "Please Complete ALL the Fields on the First Tab",
          -buttons => [ qw(OK) ])        
        ->Show();

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Checking the entry box works great, but it looks like I need to use something else beside eq "" to determine if the text area is empty.

Thank you in advance for your time.

Claire

In reply to Text Widget empty string by Real Perl

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