During the VFP 6 beta, I discovered the same problem. I talked with Susan Graham (MS) and she said that "people should upgrade their browsers to the current version" - that being IE4.0 Go figure - though it sounds a bit lame.

To me, I don't quite get it why the browser effects SCREEN=OFF...

In any case, I was not able to find a work around. Consequently, I ship my app with SCREEN=OFF

Please let me know if you find a solution.

Pete



>>Thank's very much David for your help
>>Rocky Boy...
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>>>Rock,
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>>>I don't use a splash screen and haven't had the C0000005 exception. You might check the files/faq here about how to create a splash screen.
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>>>There have been other threads here the last couple of days mentioning that problems inside a VCX can cause the exception.
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>>>>I'm Really sorry but it doesn't work. when i put back the screen=off in the config.fpw it gives me again the error Exception code = C00000005
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>>>>In fact what i want to do is hide the main visual foxpro until my app is ready to show. So may be i can use the same technique we can use to make a splash screen. But my problem is i don't realy know the technique to make a splash screen
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>>>>If you already made a splash screen
>>>>May be you can give me which technique you used
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>I am having the exact same problem and have found the following so far.
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>-SCREEN=OFF causes the error to occur
>-Bringing the SCREEN back before shutdown makes no difference
>-It does not error on a PC with IE4.0 installed
>-It does not matter what code is in the program (I created a Messagebox program too and found it errored). Clearing all memory, paths, closing everything, etc. makes no difference either.
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>Only 2 things make a difference, that I've found. IE 4.0 and SCREEN=OFF.
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>Does anybody have any ideas?