Change that too: 
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;
use POE;

my $killAll = 0;

POE::Session->create
  (inline_states => {_start => \&startApplication, searchmode => \&sea
+rchMode});

POE::Session->create (inline_states => {_start => \&searchUpdate});

POE::Kernel->run();


# Relevant is also:
sub startApplication
{
    $poe_main_window->Toplevel(-title => "Search");
    $killAll = 1;
}


sub searchUpdate
{
    while (! $killAll)
    {
        sleep 1;
        print '.';
    }
}

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That is,
use $poe_main_window (which is exported Tk Window by POE).
remove the MainLoop (guess that its's not used with POE!)

In reply to Re^2: POE, Tk, Simultaneous problem! by Ace128
in thread POE, Tk, Simultaneous problem! by Ace128

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