Thanks guys for your quick replies.

liverpole, the following is an executable code that
will generate an example display of what I want to
save as an image file:

use Tk;
use Tk::Photo;
use Tk::JPEG;

$advisory = 'CAUTION';
$advisoryColor = 'yellow';
@JTA = ('Y','Y','Y','N','N','Y');
@JTAColor = ('green','green','green','yellow','yellow','green');
@IDColor = ('green','green','green','yellow','yellow','yellow','green'
+,
            'yellow','yellow','green');
@type = ('PAI','PAO','PAS','RAO','RAS','RAI','PAI','RAI','PAS','PAO');
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
{
    if ((($i >= 0) && ($i <= 2)) || ($i == 6) || ($i == 9))
    {
        @{$JABText[$i][0]} = ('Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y');
        @{$JABColor[$i][0]} = ('green','green','green','green','green'
+,
                               'green');
    }
    else
    {
        @{$JABText[$i][0]} = ('Y','Y','Y','N','N','Y');
        @{$JABColor[$i][0]} = ('green','green','green','yellow','yello
+w',
                               'green');
    }
    @{$JABText[$i][1]} = ('Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y');
    @{$JABColor[$i][1]} = ('green','green','green','green','green','gr
+een');
}

# create the GUI display
$mw = MainWindow->new(-background => 'black');
$mw->geometry('+0+0');
$mw->title("Info Display");
$f = $mw->Frame(-background => 'black')->pack;
$f->Label(-text => 'Advisory', -foreground => 'white',
          -background => 'black')->
          grid(-row => 1, -column => 1, -columnspan => 3, -sticky => '
+w');
for ($i = 0; $i <= 5; $i++)
{
    $f->Label(-text => $i, -foreground => 'white', -background => 'bla
+ck')->
             grid(-row => 1, -column => $i + 4, -sticky => 'nsew');
}
$advisoryLabel = $f->Label(-textvariable => \$advisory,
                           -foreground => $advisoryColor,
                           -background => 'black')->
                          grid(-row => 2, -column => 1, -columnspan =>
+ 3,
                          -sticky => 'w');
for ($i = 0; $i <= 5; $i++)
{
    $JTALabel[$i] = $f->Label(-textvariable => \$JTA[$i],
                              -foreground => $JTAColor[$i],
                              -background => 'black')->
                              grid(-row => 2, -column => $i + 4,
                                   -sticky => 'nsew');
}
$f->Label(-text => 'BREAKDOWN', -foreground => 'white',
          -background => 'black')->grid(-row => 3, -column => 1,
          -columnspan => 9, -sticky => 'nsew');
$f->Label(-text => 'ID', -foreground => 'white', -background => 'black
+')->
         grid(-row => 4, -column => 1, -sticky => 'w');
$f->Label(-text => 'TYPE', -foreground => 'white', -background => 'bla
+ck')->
         grid(-row => 4, -column => 2, -sticky => 'w');
for ($i = 0; $i <= 5; $i++)
{
    $f->Label(-text => $i, -foreground => 'white', -background => 'bla
+ck')->
             grid(-row => 4, -column => $i + 4, -sticky => 'nsew');
}
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
{
    $name = 'station'.$i;
    $fRow = ($i * 2) + 6;
    $IDLabel[$i] = $f->Label(-text => $name,
        -foreground => $IDColor[$i], -background => 'black')->
        grid(-row => $fRow, -column => 1, -sticky => 'w');
    $typeLabel[$domeIndex] = $f->Label(-textvariable => \$type[$i],
        -foreground => $IDColor[$i], -background => 'black')->
        grid(-row => $fRow, -column => 2, -sticky => 'w');
    $f->Label(-text => 'PA:', -foreground => 'white',
              -background => 'black')->
              grid(-row => $fRow, -column => 3, -sticky => 'w');
    $f->Label(-text => 'RA:', -foreground => 'white',
              -background => 'black')->
              grid(-row => $fRow + 1, -column => 3, -sticky => 'w');
    for ($j = 0; $j <= 5; $j++)
    {
        $JABLabel[$i][0][$j] = $f->Label(
            -textvariable => \$JABText[$i][0][$j],
            -foreground => $JABColor[$i][0][$j], -background => 'black
+')->
            grid(-row => $fRow, -column => $j + 4, -sticky => 'nsew');
        $JABLabel[$i][1][$i] = $f->Label(
            -textvariable => \$JABText[$i][1][$j],
            -foreground => $JABColor[$i][1][$j], -background => 'black
+')->
            grid(-row => $fRow + 1, -column => $j + 4, -sticky => 'nse
+w');
    }
}
# create the menus
$menuBar = $mw->Menu;
$mw->configure(-menu => $menuBar);
$file = $menuBar->cascade(-label => 'File', -tearoff => 0);
$file->command(-label => 'Save Display', -command => \&saveDisplay);
$file->separator;
$file->command(-label => 'Quit', -command => \&closeWindow);

MainLoop();

sub saveDisplay
{
    $image = $mw->Photo(-format => 'Window', -data => oct($mw->id));
    $filename = 'myimage.jpg';
    $image->write($filename, -format => 'JPEG');
}

sub closeWindow
{
    $mw->destroy;
}
[download]

Thanks again for trying to help me out

Zentara, I've seen many references to the Image Magick
that you've mentioned while surfing the net for this
solution. Maybe I should check this out. Thanks!

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