$mw->iconify;
$mw->withdraw;

unless(open(HND,"<vmapper.ini"))
 {
  &fileRdWrError('vmapper.ini','read','p1_appendMsgToLog');
  exit 0;
 }
my $line = <HND>; chomp $line;
close HND;
system($line.'vmapper.exe');
#other program exited, continue from here
$mw->raise;
$mw->deiconify;
$mw->update;
$mw->focus; #should give the focus back here