Thanks Sergey. Now when I click on the exe file, the windows just flicks and the clock form does not show up at all. this is my main code
_screen.Visible = .F.
do form clock
*close up the program and tidy up.
set sysmenu to default
clear events
set escape on
on escape
clear all
_screen.picture = ""

If I take the _screen.visible=.f. out, the clock works. Am I missing something ??? windowtype=1 is set. ShowWindow=2 (ShowWindow=0 works)
Any help will be appreciated. Many thanks.