#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use Tk; use Tk::DropSite; use strict; use vars qw($top $drop); $top = new MainWindow; $top->Label(-text => "The drop area:")->pack; $drop = $top->Scrolled('Listbox', -scrollbars => "osoe", )->pack; my $SomeVariable="xxx"; $drop->DropSite (-dropcommand => [\&accept_drop, $drop, $SomeVariable], -droptypes => ($^O eq 'MSWin32' ? 'Win32' : ['KDE', 'XDND', 'Sun']) ); MainLoop; sub accept_drop { my ($drop, $SomeVariable, $selection) = @_; print "This is my variable passed from the main: $SomeVariable\n"; my $filename; eval { if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') { $filename = $drop->SelectionGet(-selection => $selection, 'STRING'); } else { $filename = $drop->SelectionGet(-selection => $selection, 'FILE_NAME'); } }; if (defined $filename) { $drop->insert(0, $filename); } } __END__