>>Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it. By the way, if in my splash screen I
>>have the following code for Timer1.TimerEvent ...
>
>>ThisForm.Release()
>>DO FORM frmOptions
>
>
>Try
>DO FORM frmOptions
>ThisForm.Release()
>
>instead...
>
>It depends on why you want a splash screen as well. If just for the visual effect fine - I use some splash screens to sit there so the user knows something is happening while a long initialization process occurs...

Thanks very much. Yes, I'm using this splash screen to 'take up slack' during application initialization; so, I think the DO FORM before ThisForm.Release() makes more sense. Thanks Again. -CH