>>>I have a form where in the Activate() event, I rebuild several cursors and a few other data update tasks, all of which cause the UI form to flash and such as the grid recordsources and record pointers get moved around.
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>>>So, I added LockScreen = .t. before my code, and Lockscreen = .f. after the code, but the UI still flashes a lot which the code between the LockScreen settings runs.
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>>>Why doesn't LockScreen stop all this UI flickering like I want it to?
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>>Don't do this in the Activate method.
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>Ummm... If you are going to give a reply like this, you should offer some alternative, or additional feedback, right? Obviously, my goal is to refresh the form because the user may have made changes outside of this form that now affect the result this was already showing, so I need to do an update. A fairly reasonable thing for the app to do, I think.
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>So, do you have some additional advice to achieve what I'm seeking.

I suggest to avoid Activate method as it fires too often and the code may interfere with the normal form. You should be able to do what you need to do by some other means, say, by raising an event that this form will be subscribed to.