Had I known that 'website' was 'key' to this (and therefore http), I guess I would have obtained different reponses.

I read about Tk in several Perl books. All it mentioned is that Tk provides Perl with the ability to provide a graphical interface vs text only. It showed how to write scripts, and provided the benefits and install procedures. None of the references mentioned anything about 'XWindows', 'rc files' or that it is not available for websites! Had I known this, I could have moved on sooner.

I was looking for an alternative to Javascript and Java due to their drawbacks (Javascript can be turned on/off by visitors, plus the differences between browsers AND JAVA's slow loads and high memory resource requirements). Therefore, I was looking for a server-side and Perl solution.

Well, I guess it's back to the drawing board with Javascript if I decide to create that graphical interface in the future.

Thanks for your help.

-- newbie00

P.S. Just to close out this topic, I would like to see what Tk looks like -- do you know where I can locate the file and provide the complete syntax so I can set the $Display var and whatever else for Windows 98 (for my computer) I may need, judging by the error message I received? The script will be running on UNIX BSDi using Perl 5.005_03 for now. (if I am not asking this setup question correctly due to by 'newbieness', please let me know.) Again, thanx.