>>>Yahoo! I've finally debugged all of the forms, menu, reports etc. from my project! Now I'm trying to put this all together into an .exe to distribute to my users.
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>>>Two quick questions for you. First, can I set the the window in which my program runs to be maximized by default (created this in VFP 5.0 and running under Win 95). Right now the main window doesn't fill the whole screen so some of my forms look off center.
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>>Form.WindowState=2
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>>>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.
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>By the way what is the best way to make a startup banner. Right now I DO FORM, then after everything is all setup I Relaese it. The form doesn't have a menu bar and such either.

I think it's good enough. Normally, I don't use 'splash' at all.