Hi Sergey,
The web browser also displays the pdf just fine, but the form still disappears the same instead of stopping on a SHOW() or READ EVENTS. Any thoughts there? Thanks.

Gary




>It's better to use Web Browser control to display PDF files. See Re: View PDFs in foxpro form Message #995960
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>>Here is yet another "form flashes and disappears" problem! I must be getting into my dotage but I can't seem to see the answer.
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>>I have what should be a dirt simple situation. I instantiate one form that displays a list of PDFs. The user picks one and I instantiate another form to display the PDF with Acrobat Reader. The file display form shows properly. The reader form will instantiate just fine, displaying the PDF, but then vanishes! I've tried everything I can think of, but no luck. Any insights welcome!
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>>I'm surely missing something simple here. simplified code follows:
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