use strict; use Tk; use Tk::DialogBox; my $mw = new MainWindow(); my $dialog = $mw->DialogBox(-title => "Login", -buttons => ["OK", "Cancel"]); my $id = $dialog->add("Entry") ->pack(); my $passwd; my $password = $dialog->add("Entry", -show => "*", -textvariable => \$passwd) ->pack(); if ($dialog->Show() eq "OK") { print $passwd, "\n";#this line is only for demo } MainLoop;