Perl/TK: How to set the width and height of the main window?

[MyFSL]

In Perl/TK

$MW = MainWindow->new(-width=>'600',-height=>'600');

Why doesn't this set the width and height on the Main Window?
How do I set the width and height of the main window?
This is driving me nuts!!!!

perl, v5.8.8 built for i486-linux
HELP!

[Khen1950fx]

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();

my $c = $mw->Canvas(-width => 600, -height => 600);
$c->pack;
MainLoop;

I hope this helps.

[strat]

Well, you can set it that way:

my $MW = MainWindow->new( -height => 600, -width => 600 );

or

my $MW = MainWindow->new;
$MW->geometry( "600x600" );

but if you arrange items that don't fit into that size, your window will enlarge

in perldoc Tk::Wm the methods ->maxsize and ->minsize could be interesting for you

[Akoya]

I believe the problem with your code lies in the quotes around the numeric values.
Try:

my $MW = MainWindows->new(-width=>600, -height=>600);

Cheers, Akoya