Thank you Anonymous Monk. I fixed the script but the validatecommand is still not doing what I expect. I want it to give an immediate error if an invalid character is input into the entry.
#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Tkx;
my $value;
my $mw = Tkx::widget->new(".");
my $frame = $mw -> new_frame();
$frame->g_pack();
my $ent = $frame ->new_entry(-textvariable => \$value);
$ent->g_pack();
$ent->configure(-validatecommand => [sub { $_[0] =~ /^(?:|-|\d+|-\d+)$
+/ }, Tkx::Ev('%P'), $ent], -invalidcommand => \&lam_num_error);
my $print_button = $mw->new_button(-text => "Print",
-command => \&printx,
-font => "ansi 10 bold")->g_pack();
my $reset_frm = $mw->new_frame();
$reset_frm->g_pack(-fill => 'both');
my $reset_button = $reset_frm->new_button(-text => "Reset",
-command => \&do_reset,
-font => "ansi 10 bold")->g_p
+ack();
Tkx::MainLoop();
sub printx
{
print $value unless $value eq '-';
}
sub do_reset
{
$ent->delete(0, 'end');
}
sub lam_num_error
{
Tkx::tk___mmessageBox(-message => "The input must be an integer.")
+;
}
__END__