>use the command INKEY(0.25, 'H') to for a delay of a quarter second; better than a for-loop.

I had also thought about something with a fixed timespan (sleep Api, WW-call with timeout clause), but the flash behaviour might also be correlated to cpu speed as well. Best way IMO is to find a way to flash off-screen and then show form immediately (or soon after a couple of spinkled-in DoEvents)

;-)