John,

It seems like it need some time before running the _screen command. This causes it keeping flicking.

Gan



>Before changing any screen properties, try a _screen.hide. Do your dirty work :-) and then put a _screen.show before DO mainmenu.MPR.
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>Alternately, place a _screen.lockscreen = .T. before and _screen changes and _screen.lockscreen = .F. after them. This will batch up the changes and avoid a flicker.
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>>I have a .prg file for starting my VFP application and it make several setting before running the menu. I have the code like this,
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>>_screen.caption = "My Title"
>>_screen.icon = "myicon.ico"
>>_screen.backcolor=12632256
>>do mainmenu.mpr
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>>read events
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>>However, before my setting for _screen took place, the default VFP properties was run for less than a second. As the results, the screen background color, icon and title seems to be flicking.
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>>How to avoid the flicking?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>>Gan