In the treeview example, there is a sub-window for setting indentation properties. The terminate method for this window has: sub IndentWin_Terminate { $IndentWin->Hide(); $Window->Enable(); $Window->SetForegroundWindow(); } As is, if you terminate this window by clicking the "X" icon on the top-right corner of this dialog, then you can no longer bring back this window again. i.e., try: "Options|Set indent.." again, and the main window will freeze... Looking around, I found that if the terminate method also does: sub IndentWin_Terminate { $IndentWin->Hide(); $Window->Enable(); $Window->SetForegroundWindow(); $Window->Tree->SetFocus(); return 0; } then everything is ok. WIhtout resetting the focus, the main window gets frozen. Wihtout returning 0 explicitly, this window cannot be brought up again. Maybe someone can explain what's going on here? This is merely circumstancial evidence. -- Nicolas.