tried your version but still seems to need the configure and update to work... here is the actually version ( %CURRENT is a globel variable that holds all the form variables 
        $frm_current->BrowseEntry(
            -variable   => \$CURRENT{PLATFORM_FIELD},
            -width      => 11,
            -font       => $font,
            -background => $bgColor,
            -state      => 'normal',
            -choices    => [@PLATFORM_LIST]
        ),
#etc

...

sub displayFeed {
    
    # $path is from a Hlist path which is the key into hash

    my $path = shift;

    my %C = %{$FEEDS{$path}{formFields}};

    # checked %C and %CURRENT and all values are present 
    # after this loop

    for ( keys %C ){
        
        $CURRENT{$_} = $C{$_};
    }
    
    # still no update of the form after this update  

    $mw->update;

    return

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Do I have to do the configure and update for every form field or am I still missing something ? I am just trying to create an easy way to store/recall and redisplay form fields. I am sure that this is a common problem with a well known solution. Am I taking the right track?

In reply to Re^2: tk form textvariables by liamlrb
in thread tk form textvariables by liamlrb

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