>Hi Jos - I already have the screen=off in the config, and I don't use the 'main screen' at all. As I said first - even if there is NO pic to load, it still happens. As soon as the 'frame' of the window loads, there is this white flash before any background color, etc is painted. It is like a 'blank' window is opened with a white background, and then the background color is filled in, and then it is populated with the various controls. It all happens instantly - not as tho the window is taking ages to load, or anything, but there is just that quick flash of white, and with the screens being dark it is like a strobe, and hurts the eyes after a while...

Yes, I understand the problem. Try load the form off screen ( left=-1000 or top=-1000). Set the form property visible = .F. at design time. Then load the form, move to correct location, set visible=.T. See if that helps.