>Barry,
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>Is _screen.Visible = .f.?
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>There are also a possible fundamental differences between the environment of a .app and a .exe. The .app is seeing all of the SET default values that you have currently in effect from the Tools/Options pages. The .exe sees the SET default values as defined by VFP.
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>>Yet, when I run the .app, it runs fine. I've never encountered anything like this before. Don't know where to look!

David,

Good point, however, that's the second thing I checked. THe screen's visible property is set to .T..