When you're doing it in perl-gtk it could be something like this: 
# ...

my $dialog = new Gtk::Dialog;
$dialog->set_title("About");
$dialog->set_modal($true);
$dialog->set_position('center');
# ... fill dialog window with content
# close button
$button = new Gtk::Button( "OK" );
# the variable(s) after \&close_dialog get passed as args to the sub
$button->signal_connect('clicked', \&close_dialog, $dialog);
# ... show widgets

# the close_dialog subroutine
sub close_dialog {
  my ($button,$d) = @_;
  $d->destroy();
  # such a global var might come in handy for some checks:
  $dialog_is_on = 0;
}

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Of course the destroy()-Method works for other widgets, too. In your case it might be a Gtk::window

Regards... Stefan

In reply to Re: Gui's being difficult by stefan k
in thread Gui's being difficult by ralfthewise

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