I have been working with this code for quite some time now, and I decided to attempt to implement File::Tail. This code reads a log file and creates popups using the information from it. I am having trouble with the placement of "Win32::GUI::Dialog()" so that the windows can be interactive. I have tried to place this in the spots labeled 1, 2 and 3, but with no luck. If it is placed in 2 or 3, no information shows up in the popup windows and it is not interactive. If put in 1, information shows but the window is only interactive when new windows are being created. I know this may sound like a stupid question, and that I am only a beginner, but I just can't seem to find the right placement for this crucial piece of code. Any help would be gratefully appreciated from you wise monks. Thanks. 
use warnings;
use File::Tail;
use Win32::GUI();
use Win32::Sound;

@alert = ['a'..'z'];
$i=0; $p=1;

my $line;
my $filename = "log3.txt";
my $file=File::Tail->new(name=>$filename);
while (defined($line=$file->read))
{
      if($line=~ /(\s+)(\d{1,4})(\.\d{1,4}){3}(\s+)/)
      {
          &Build_Window;
          ++$i; ++$p;
          #1
      }
}
#2

sub Build_Window
{
        if($i==50){ $p=1; $i=0;}
        $datetime = localtime();
        $alert[$i] = new Win32::GUI::Window(-name => "Alert", -width =
+> 500, -height => 150, -pos => [$p*10, $p*10]);
        $font = Win32::GUI::Font -> new(-name => "Arial", size => 46, 
+-bold => 1);
        $alert[$i] -> AddLabel(-text => $datetime, -font => $font);
        $alert[$i] -> AddLabel(-text => "SNORT ALERT: MALICIOUS BEHAVI
+OR DETECTED!", -font => $font, -top => 50);
        $alert[$i] -> AddLabel(-text => $line, -font => $font, -top =>
+ 75);
        my $t1 = $alert[$i] -> AddTimer('T1', 1000);
        #Win32::Sound::Play("SystemExclamation");
        $alert[$i] -> Show();
        #3

        sub T1_Timer { return -1; }
        sub Alert_Terminate { return 1; }
}

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