>Ok, we now have a SDI form that can act as the top level form which can now be used as a splash screen. By putting SCREEN=OFF in CONFIG.FPW, we can now hide Visual FoxPro during the setup.
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>But, it may still take 3 to 5 seconds before appearing because the run time as to load in memory before being able to run our first line of code which can then display the splash screen.
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>I guess it's still better to use a C program to show a graphic window right after we click on the icon.
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>Any comments?

I made a splash screen class. I then used WinAPI functions to hide the main window, throw up my splash screen while everything is loading, and then release the splash screen and show the main window. It works, but not perfectly. You still see the main window flash for a second or so.

I don't remember the functions offhand, but I could send the code...

HTH,
Scot.