>Jim,
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>check Tools->Task Pane Manager->Solution Samples->New in Visual FoxPro 9.0->Binding to Windows Message Events. One of the events in the samples is "application switching", sounds like what you are looking for.
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>>I have a little app that has one form running with DeskTop = .T.
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>>Once I have moved off the app to do anything else, I would like to have a timer running to update the caption (a simple count of items).
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>>When I return to the app, I want to refresh the grid.
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>>However, there don't seem to be any events that fire when I leave the app or return to it.
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>>Suggestions, anyone?
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>>Thanks

Tore --

Thanks; however, I have no Solution Samples installed and I am having no luck finding anything. (sigh)