In addition to John and Ed'd reply:

>1. On startup, can the startup logo include an animated image, such as a waiving flag.

Yes, I morphed a Hooters owl using 10 bmps and a timer for an app I did for them.


>2. From a menu option within VFP5, can we start IE4 or Netscape to access of web site to receive the latest software updates?

I do believe here you don't have to worry about what browser they have as long as they have one. If you use the ShellExecute API call with a URL, it will launch the default browser.