>>I have read the knowledgr base about hiding the main vfox window using
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>>APPLICATION.VISIBLE = .F.
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>>This requires the first form to be a top level form.
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>>Also there is the config.fpw setting -> SCREEN=OFF
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>>But when I use this setting,(SCREEN=OFF) the application disappears off the screen, with no icon in the start bar. The only way to quit is to Ctrl-Alt-Del. This happens irrespective of the modal setting as well as the style setting( as top lev, in top lev etc.)of the first form.
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>>Is this peculiar to my system? It happens on a colleagues machine as well. Is there any setting I need to have?
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>If you are not using a top-level form, I don't think that you should be using
>_SCREEN=OFF. I usually use a top-level form with _SCREEN=OFF in a Config.FPW file which promptly shuts off the VFP _SCREEN so that my top-level form appears as the app loads. Are you using a top-level form?
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>Steve

yes it is a top level form and modal as well!