Thanks for the good information. I was unaware that there was that much to it. I will give your fourth option some thought/research/testing.
As for the why, I have been playing around with a wysiwyg gui designer. It's mainly for my own education and practice. In a previous life, I did a lot of VB programming and really liked the IDE so I thought I'd take a stab at creating one for perl and win32::gui. I know this has been done but I learn the most while re-creating the wheel.
Again, thanks for taking the time to reply and supply useful information .