Just to clarify, are you launching a form at app startup?

>Actually it occurs when launched by the loader as well. If any other windows app is open,focus shifts to it (e.g. outlook, windows explorer). In fact, unless a form is launched inside our app which contains an activex control, focus is anyplace BUT The vfp app when it launches.
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>>>The app is typically launched from a loader, but if it is launched directly from windows explorer, then focus shifts back to windows explorer. This should be a simple one, but I can't seem to recall how to fix it. Any ideas?
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>>An alternate approach would be to make it so your main app won't start unless it's being called from your loader:
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>>- check using PROGRAM(), SYS(16) etc.
>>- in your main app check for absence of a parameter expected from your loader