$arrayVar->{"7..9,$col"}->tagConfigure(-state => 'normal');

# you are trying to call a method from a cell...won't work
# it must be on the table
$t->tagConfigure(........); # read the docs
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use Tk;
use Tk::TableMatrix;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

my $arrayVar = {};

print "Filling Array...\n";
my ($rows,$cols) = (4, 10);
 foreach my $row  (0..($rows-1)){
    foreach my $col (0..($cols-1)){
      $arrayVar->{"$row,$col"} = "$row,$col";
   }
}

print "Creating Table...\n";

## Test out the use of a callback to define tags on rows and columns
sub colSub{
  my $col = shift;
  return "OddCol" if( $col > 0 && $col%2) ;
}

 my $t = $mw->Scrolled('TableMatrix', -rows => $rows, -cols => $cols,
 -width => 6, -height => 6,
 -titlerows => 1, -titlecols => 1,
 -variable => $arrayVar,
 -coltagcommand => \&colSub,
 -colstretchmode => 'last',
 -rowstretchmode => 'last',
 -selectmode => 'extended',
 -selecttitles => 0,
 -drawmode => 'slow',
 -scrollbars=>'se'
 );


$mw->Button(-text => "Update", -command => \&update_table)
               ->pack(-side => 'bottom',-anchor => 'w');

# Color definitions here:
$t->tagConfigure('active', -bg => 'white', -relief => 'sunken');
$t->tagConfigure('OddCol', -bg => 'lightyellow', -fg => 'black');
$t->tagConfigure('title', -bg => 'lightblue', -fg => 'black', -relief 
+=> 'sunken');
$t->tagConfigure('dis', -state => 'disabled');
$t->pack(-expand => 1, -fill => 'both');
$t->focus;

Tk::MainLoop;

# $t->tagConfigure($anchor, -anchor => $anchor);
# $t->tagRow($anchor, ++$i);
# $t->set( "$i,$first",$anchor);



sub update_table {

        print "1\n";
        $t->tagCell('dis', '1,1' );
        $t->activate('2,2');
        $t->tagRow('active',3);
        
#       $t->configure(-padx =>( $t->cget(-padx)));
#       a trick needed sometimes to update scrollbars
#      if adding columns or rows                
}
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thx u...I needed a good working example. I stil want to know two things, is it poosible to link one of the titles to a pop up window? The other question is that, in the sub update_table, I wanted an if statement that would analyze one row and disable the cells beneath the row depending on their values. For example,

foreach my $col (1..4){
    if ($arrayVar->{"6,$col"} == 1) {
        $t->tagCell('dis','7,$col');
        $t->tagCell('dis','8,$col');
        $t->tagCell('dis','9,$col');
    }
    }
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This code doesn't work and i've tried several variations to it. I'm running out of luck...

I'm not terribly good with TableMatrix, but you could add a browsecmd, and test the column or row, and popup if your col,row condition is met. I just tested this and it seems the titles take the 0 row and 0 column. So you could test if the click is on a title, by detecting a 0 row or column.

# table option
-browsecommand => \&brscmd,

sub brscmd {
my ($previous_index, $actual_index) = @_;
my ($row, $col) = split ',', $actual_index;
print "r$row c$col\n";

# popup if row,col meets some criteria

}
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you can do the disabling too, but it is a little tricky, because you have to raise the 'dis' tag over the 'OddCol' tag. You don't have this problem if you don't use the -coltagcommand option.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Tk;
use Tk::TableMatrix;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

my $arrayVar = {};

print "Filling Array...\n";
my ($rows,$cols) = (10, 10);
 foreach my $row  (0..($rows-1)){
    foreach my $col (0..($cols-1)){
      $arrayVar->{"$row,$col"} = 2*$row + 3*$col;
   }
}

print "Creating Table...\n";

## Test out the use of a callback to define tags on rows and columns
sub colSub{
  my $col = shift;
  return "OddCol" if( $col > 0 && $col%2) ;
}

 my $t = $mw->Scrolled('TableMatrix', -rows => $rows, -cols => $cols,
 -width => 10, -height => 10,
 -titlerows => 1, -titlecols => 1,
 -variable => $arrayVar,
 -coltagcommand => \&colSub,
 -browsecommand => \&brscmd,
 -colstretchmode => 'last',
 -rowstretchmode => 'last',
 -selectmode => 'extended',
 -selecttitles => 0,
 -drawmode => 'slow',
 -scrollbars=>'se'
 );


$mw->Button(-text => "Update", -command => \&update_table)
               ->pack(-side => 'bottom',-anchor => 'w');

$mw->Button(-text => "Disable", -command => \&dis_table)
               ->pack(-side => 'bottom',-anchor => 'w');

# hideous Color definitions here:
$t->tagConfigure('active', -bg => 'white', -relief => 'sunken');
$t->tagConfigure('OddCol', -bg => 'lightyellow', -fg => 'black');
$t->tagConfigure('title', -bg => 'lightblue', -fg => 'black', -relief 
+=> 'sunken');
$t->tagConfigure('dis', -state => 'disabled', -bg => 'black');
$t->pack(-expand => 1, -fill => 'both');
$t->focus;

Tk::MainLoop;

sub update_table {

        print "1\n";
        $t->tagCell('dis', '1,1' );
       $t->tagRaise('dis', 'OddCol');  
       # only needed if coltagcommand used
        $t->activate('2,2');
        $t->tagRow('active',3);
        
#       $t->configure(-padx =>( $t->cget(-padx)));
#       a trick needed sometimes to update                

}


sub brscmd {
my ($previous_index, $actual_index) = @_;
my ($row, $col) = split ',', $actual_index;
print "r$row c$col\n";
}

sub dis_table{
   print "2\n";

    foreach my $col (1..4){
     if ($arrayVar->{"6,$col"} >= 1) {
           print "col->$col\n";
           $t->tagCell('dis',"7,$col");
           $t->tagCell('dis',"8,$col");
           $t->tagCell('dis',"9,$col");
    }
  }
   $t->tagRaise('dis', 'OddCol');  # only needed if coltagcommand used

}
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