Ken...The code worked as described, however, the button in my code once released does not go back to its original color. In using the configure option to change the color does not work either. I must add that this is a Virtual Event. So I'm at a loss at the moment. Thanks for the help.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;

my $mw = new MainWindow; 

my %colours = qw{
    -background grey -foreground black
    -activebackground red -activeforeground black
};

my $label = $mw -> Label(-text=>"Hello World") -> pack();
my $button = $mw -> Button(-text => "Quit", %colours);
$button->bind('<ButtonPress-1>' => \&myexit);
$button->bind('<ButtonRelease-1>' => \&myexit2);
$button->pack;

$button->eventGenerate('<ButtonPress-1>');
$button->eventGenerate('<ButtonRelease-1>');

#$mw->repeat(10000 => \&doit);
$mw->after(5000 => \&doit);
$mw->after(10000 => \&doit2);

sub doit {
     $button->focus;
     $button->eventGenerate('<ButtonPress-1>');
}

sub doit2 {
     $button->focus;
     $button->eventGenerate('<ButtonRelease-1>');
}

MainLoop;

sub myexit {
print time."\n";
}

sub myexit2 {
print time."\n";
}
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