>>>>>>>When I pick a form off the menu, I'm starting to see output text scrolling down the desktop.
>>>>>>>The first line in the Load Event is SET TALK OFF.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So how do I find out where this is happening?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Immediately after the SET TALK OFF in the load, add SET STEP ON. Run the form. Set a breakpoint to SET("TALK")="ON" or step until you see it switched on.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The text is appearing BEFORE the form load.
>>>>
>>>>Put SET("TALK") in the Watch window, set a breakpoint on it, and run your code. Then you'll see how it's getting set on.
>>>>
>>>>Tamar
>>>
>>>
>>>I tried that. I can't step through the code because it's being toggled all over the plce in the framework, which
>>>fires the breakpoint nonstop.
>>
>>Which framework? If you have a dataenvironment the form initialization sequence is
>>dataenvironment.opentables
>>.beforeopentables
>>form.load
>>dataenvironment.init
>>form.init
>>form.show
>>form.activate
>>
>>Maxframe - I think you have that - If you're using a dataenvironment, you may need to add THISFORM.DEBeforeOpenTables() as the very first line in the dataenvironment.beforeopentables, which among other things will turn off SET TALK.
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>Yes, I'm using VMP. There are no tables in the DE, and AutoOpenTable is .F. I don't see any parent class code
>running a the form level.
>
>The menu is making a call to 'oForm.DoForm(...)' Somewhere after this, but before the Load, the first text appears.

You can trace the DoForm code. It's not much. You can find it in xxfw.vcx cusforms.DoForm.