note PodMaster <code> use Wx qw[:everything]; *Wx::App::OnInit = sub {1}; my $a = Wx::App->new; my $f = Wx::Frame->new( undef, -1, 'Hello, world!', [200,200] , [350, 100] ); $a->SetTopWindow($f); $f->Show(1); $a->MainLoop(); __END__ </CODE> Books don't mean much (perl can be easily learned from POD, and why should learning a simple GUI framework require a book). The wxWindows docs are plentiful and they are extremely clear, and the wxPerl version of them comes with Perl: notes, which explain any differences in the API. The wxPerl mailing list does indeed have a search engine, even if you failed to see it (i do not just post links blindly, loook to your left [https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=3459|here]), and Mattia is very responsive (not many questions come up that are unanswereable by Mattia, and those that are, you just take straight to the [http://lists.wxwindows.org/|wxWindows mailing lists]). update: wxPerl is less of a mystery than perlTk ever is/will be to anyone new to either. <table border=0><tr><td> <hr> [MJD] [http://www.perl.org/yapc/2002/movies/themovie/|says] you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo! <hr width="50%" align=left> ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy. </td></tr></table> 219778 220008