Sergey,
I checked and SCREEN=OFF was commeted out long ago. Not sure what is happening here but after lunch, if I can't find a solution I guess I will get out the chain saw and go to work. I'll let you know what I find. Thanks for the tip.
John.

>Do you have SCREEN=OFF in the CONFIG.FPW by any chance?
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>>Ok, for me this is a real head banger.
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>>I have a small program that runs fine from the command prompt but when compiled the EXE just flashes and exits.
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>>The program has only one Modal form. The form has a timer that runs a prg to do some stuff. There is no menu and only an edit box with a scrolling log and a cancel button.
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>>What is so strange is that I have another exe that is very similar that has been working for years. I even tried using the form from that project in this one. Same result. Before I really start tearing my project apart does anyone have any ideas as to where I went wrong?
>>TIA