This is a very bothersome problem because I have set talk off in the Load of this form class. The command that causes this is in my startup PRG well after the oSplash.Show() command (at lease 50 lines later). I have set talk off at the beginning of this PRG. I even put a set talk off right before the command that causes the echo (when trying default DS setting for the class). All my SETs are part of my base form class. My current workaround is issuing an oSplash.CLS() to clear the echo immediately after the code that causes this.

>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.
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>HTH
>Barbara
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>>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.