note PodMaster <blockquote> If ShowModal returns true, the app hangs... </blockquote> That's because you've turned control over to wxWindows, but there is nothing telling the app to die (basically, you need to $app->SetTopWindow($dialog) if you want the application to exit when the window is destroyed). <blockquote> but I still think returning false from OnInit should be perfectly valid. </blockquote> I'd say I agree with you (even though I've never had the need/urge to do that), but I suspect there might be a real good reason for this (a carp would be fine with me -- you should definetly inquire on the list). update: I almost forgot, it's called wxPerl, not WxPerl ;) <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width="100%"><tr><td colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFF0FF"><a href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=MJD">MJD</a> <a href="http://www.perl.org/yapc/2002/movies/themovie/">says</a> "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFE0FF">I run a Win32 PPM <a href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=162391">repository</a> for perl <a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm">5.6.x</a> and <a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8">5.8.x</a> -- I take requests (<a href="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/README.html">README</a>).</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFD0FF">** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.</td></tr></table> 290475 290550