Mark,
SET TALK is Data Session-linked, so you have to re-set it in every form with a private DS. However, if the form isn't displayed (as during LOAD or INIT code) the actual 'talk' will be displayed on the underlying form. In this case your splash screen. Try to put SET TALK OFF in your Before Load Tables or other method that is called early in the form.

HTH
Barbara

>I have a *splash* form that I leave displayed in the center of the screen. The form has a private DS (tried with default DS as well). Set Talk is off (form load) and the initial default (_screen) DS has Talk set off as well (debugger confirms this).
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>During app setup, I have an AppMgr object instanciated in the default DS where I store properties, etc. One of which is the original search path I want to track. I issue:
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>oApp.OriginalPath = set("Path")
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>The set("path") part echoes its result to the form. What, if anything, have I missed?
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>TIA.