I have no doc and I'm struggling to find how its done on any website. I just want to exit out of the a perl/tk menu that I create in a separate subroutine. The EXIT Action Button works to exit the menu and script but the SUBMIT Action button will not exit the menu and then continue running the script. I would like to exit the menu at the end of the get_input subroutine and continue processing the script. Here's the excerpt from the script: 
my $main = MainWindow->new();
$Action_Submit     = $main->Button(-text => 'Submit', -command => [\&g
+et_input ])->place(-x => 700, -y => 45);

$Action_Exit    = $main->Button(-text => 'Exit', -command => [$main =>
+ 'destroy'])->place(-x => 700, -y => 115);

# This menu has several radio and action buttons. Once 
# filled out, I want to first pull all of the data input 
# into the menu and place them into variables....then exit. # However,
+ this does not Exit the menu as i would think it 
# should. Instead the menu stays active until we actually 
# exit the script.

sub get_input {
    $ftp_loginid    = $LoginID->get;
    $ftp_pw             = $LoginPW->get;
    $ftp_localdir     = $LocalDIR->get;
    $main => destroy;
    ...{below continue with the script]
}

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Is there a valid way of exiting the menu and continuing the script ? "$main => destroy;" fails to do so. Thanks. GrandFather, Yes...menu/ dialogbox...not sure of the difference. I attempted to incorporate your code but I could not get it to work. I just want to be able to Exit the Menu/ dialog when the Submit Action button is clicked. I have no idea why I cannot do this in a separate subroutine. Is the fact that I am not using the DialogBox the reason? I present a menu to the user waiting for specific text, radio buttons etc to be interfaced with, when completed, I want to gather that info and exit out of the dialog/ menu and then continue on the the script. I tried to add you code(subroutine in) and i thought I would get another menu(dialogbox) but for whatever reason my original menu just stays up after Submit is issued. I know I am just a rookie...seems like this should be simple but I am not getting it. thanks for any help/ guidance.

In reply to How do you exit PERL TK menu without exiting the script too ? by ljsmith91

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