to be honest the .f. has always nnoyed me but i have never looked into getting rid of it. the text at the top of the screen can be changed with

MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN TITLE 'My computer program'

Slán
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>Thanks Mark,
>
>Almost there. Except the _Screen_Visible = .f. puts a ".f." message on the top left of screen.
>
>The menus are gone but I still get the Foxpro window maximised in the background with the title Microsoft Visual Foxpro.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Zaheed