Hi cleen. A few things, though I may not be able to provide you with the final answer you need: 

my $id = @_;

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sets $id to the number of elements in @_ So you should do one of these things to do what you want: 
my ($id) = @_;
my $id = $_[0];
my $id = shift;

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The other thing is why did you use a typeglob to define that sub instead of simply doing 

sub do_something {
...
}

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It would've done the same thing with less added syntax...

Then you state:

It works great the FIRST time you press the menu item "view configuration", but after that all my references seem to be overwritten or just have disappeared so If I select another menu item I dont get the elsif it just doesnt do anything.

do this: 

$subref = \&do_something;

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And then print $subref before and after you think it has disappeared.

In reply to Re: Calling External Subroutines from a local sub. by princepawn
in thread Calling External Subroutines from a local sub. by cleen

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