Have you tried to move Acrobat to where it can't be seen, to for instance -2000, gApp.left=-2000 ? That's a trick I use from time to time.

>Thanks for your fast response. and thanks for your time..
>the scenario i am working with is a little different.
>I am required to open an acrobat form (a template) that contains multiple fields that require to be filled with data from a vfp set of tables.
>After that, save the resulting acrobat form file (not the template) into a folder, close the file and close the template.
>
>here is the code I am working with:
>
>lcSrcFName = 'XXXX Contract Merge.pdf'
>lcSrcDir = 'c:\temp\docs\'
>lcFileName = Forceext(Addbs(lcSrcDir)+Alltrim(lcSrcFName),'pdf')
>If File(lcFileName)
> gApp = Createobject("AcroExch.App") && acrobat object
> gAVDoc = Createobject("AcroExch.AVDoc") && user interface object
> If gAVDoc.Open(lcFileName, "RDM Contract")
> gPDDoc = gAVDoc.getPDDoc() && underlying pdf document representation
> gApp.minimize(.t.)
> gApp.Show
> gFrmApp = Createobject("AFormAut.App")
> loFields =gFrmApp.Fields
>
> lnFields = loFields.Count()
> For Each loField In gFrmApp.Fields
> lcFldType = loField.Type
> lcFldROnly = loField.Isreadonly
> lcFldVal = loField.Value
> Do Case
> ......................... do something with field value, type and readonly properties..
> Endcase
> Endfor
>
> gPDDoc.Save(1,'d:\mydocuments\rdmcontract'+Dtos(Date())+'.pdf')
> Endif
> If gApp.getnumavdocs >0
> gApp.CloseAllDocs()
> Endif
> gApp.Hide()
> gApp.Exit()
>Endif
>
>gPDDoc = .Null.
>gAVDoc = .Null.
>gFrmApp = .Null.
>gApp = .Null.
>loField = .Null.
>loFields = .Null.
>loFItem = .Null.
>Return
>
>If I hide acrobat, I can not work with form fields..(error is 'not open document'). minimize and show both of them display the document