l1 = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "wx.TextCtrl")
         t1 = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "Test it out and see", size=(125, -1))
-        t1.SetInsertionPoint(0)
+        wx.CallAfter(t1.SetInsertionPoint, 0)
         self.tc1 = t1
 
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_TEXT, self.EvtText, t1)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys,os
     import run
-    run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])])
+    run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])] + sys.argv[1:])