>>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.
>
>Why not just use one bmp, the PicClip control, and a timer? Few files to fool around with and load.

When I did the app I tried that and I got GPF after GPF, hence the kludge.