Are you calling SetFocus() anywhere in the init of the form or the init of objects? I find that this makes forms appear before Show() is called. It is as if items need the form to be visible before they can really receive focus.

>Why is it that, in the following code, the form is displayed prior to the line with SHOW?
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>oOptionClass = CREATEOBJECT("OptionBaseClass")
>oOptionClass.SHOW
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>I add a WAIT WINDOW 'stop here' between the two lines and the form displays before the wait window...
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>There's nothing in the class definition that displays the form, what else could cause this?
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>TIA