>>>>You can write the code to maximise the window in the Timer event.
>>>>
>>>>>Would that awaken the sleeping vfp app to be the active foreground app?
>>>
>>>Right, but since I have about 6 apps running at any time, would maximizing the window cause it to jump to the forefront and be the active app?
>>
>>If you use VFP9, messagebox() has the possibility to pop up on top of everything else.
>
>Damn,, I'm still vfp 8.0

I believe it's also in VFP8, but not documented. I don't remember whether it's 4096 or 8192.