in reply to $mw->OnDestroy and Dialog Box

Solved it.

Replace $mw->Destroy(\&exit_app) with $mw->protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW' => \&exit_app)

use strict; use warnings; use Tk; use Tk::DialogBox; my $mw = MainWindow->new(); my $button = $mw->Button(-text => 'Exit', -command=> \&exit_app)->pack +(-side=>'right', -ipadx => 10, -padx=>30); $mw->protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW' => \&exit_app) ; MainLoop; sub exit_app{ print "1"; my $db = $mw->DialogBox(-title => 'Save?',-buttons => ['CSV',' +Abandon']); $db->Label(-text => "Do you wish to save a new CSV file or aba +ndon changes?")->pack(); my $button = $db->Show(); if ($button eq 'CSV'){ save_csv(); } $mw->destroy(); } sub save_csv{ return 1; }