>>I'm converting an old Clipper program. There are a bunch of SAYs and GETs. The user wants it to look just like his old program - doesn't want to spend $$ modernizing it.
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>In principle, this is a valid concern. In this particular case, I wonder whether it won't be more trouble maintaining certain stuff. (This is just a general comment - I am not sure myself.)
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>When designing applications from scratch, SAVE SCREEN would probably not be used any more - I think the substitute would be windows, or more likely forms: you can just put a window (or better a form) in front of another one, and if you close the foreground form, the background form will become visible again.

As I recall, Screens would be equal to Forms in VFP