>What is the VFP line of code to Maximize IE after creating an IE object that is showing up minimized?

There's no one line of code to do that as there's no native API. However, it's fairly easy if you are using the IE COM object:

loIE = CREATEOBJECT("InternetExplorer.Application")
loIE.Navigate("http://west-wind.com")

DECLARE Sleep ;
  IN WIN32API ;
  INTEGER nMillisecs
    
*** Wait for window to load
DO WHILE(loIe.ReadyState != 4)
   DOEVENTS
   Sleep(200)    
ENDDO

*** Maximize
DECLARE INTEGER ShowWindow IN WIN32API ;
	INTEGER hWnd, Integer nMode
ShowWindow(loIE.Hwnd, 3)
loIE.Visible = .T.