>>Secondly, is there a way to put a 'splash' screen or background in my main program window? I'm not sure exactly what they're called, but I remember a friend's app had a graphic as a background for the program window instead of the standard blank white. Ok, so I thought it looked neat ;)!
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>_SCREEN.Backcolor=...
>_SCREEN.Picture=...
>and other _screen properties. Also, you can create 'splash' screen (separate form) to be shown on start.

Edward,

I tried using the _SCREEN.Picture= command but it's not working. I tried
_SCREEN.Picture=beverage.bmp
and added the beverage.bmp file to my project, and put it in both the directory containing my project and my c:\vfp directory, but I'm getting "'Beverage' variable not found" error when I run my .exe. Any idea why?

MTIA!
Mandy