ROB6789 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have Activeperl for windows and I'm wondering... is there any way that i can make a choosebox on microsft xp pro? like i can ask a question, then have a box pop up, and you click a box in one of the options? im realllly new to perl, and in 7th grade... so please can you comment so a NUBE might understand it
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Re: is there any to make a so called choose box?
by punkish (Priest) on Feb 06, 2005 at 18:25 UTC
    Rob, By "choosebox" perhaps you mean "checkbox." Besides the fact that this does not seem to be a Perl question, you have to also elaborate where/how you are working. Are you making a Windows native program with Perl as the backend (in which case you have to use some gui-making technology such as Tk) or are you talking about a web-based program driven by Perl (in which case, you need to read up on HTML).

    Once again, look at the basic tutorials on this site; there are many.

    Most such questions will be answered.

    Good luck.

    Update: added links to tutes.

Re: is there any to make a so called choose box?
by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Feb 06, 2005 at 18:50 UTC

    Look in your ActiveState perl docs for Tk::Dialog. There is also Win32::GUI, which seems to require a fair knowledge of winders programming.

    After Compline,
    Zaxo

Re: is there any to make a so called choose box?
by jpk236 (Monk) on Feb 07, 2005 at 04:32 UTC
    Rob,
    I understand, and find it quite admirable, that you're so young and taking the giant leap into Perl. However, a big part of learning anything is simply spear-heading it and trying things out for yourself. Use the perldocs and google, or read some perl books. You'll feel much more satisfaction if you figure it out by yourself.

    Justin