Wayne,
In CONFIG.FPW put screen=off and make your main form As Top Level form.
>What I need to do is create an executable in VFP 5.0 that will not bring up the main window at all during execution. The system I am on has VFP 5.0 installed on it - might this have something to do with it. Should I try it on a machine that does not have VFP 5.0 installed on it, just the necessary files to run the exe.