>>>When I run my executable made by VFP5, the main VFP screen always shows before my own form. I try both "screen.visible = .f." and "application.visible = .f." in the first line of my program. It can only turn the showing into blinking(show, disappear, and then my form). My application starts from a .prg file which is the main program calling other forms. My form is set as the top-level and maximized.
>>>How to get rid of the VFP screen from displaying?
>>>
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>>You must have a CONFIG.FPW, either embedded in the .EXE or in the startup directory, with the entry
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>>SCREEN = OFF
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>>>Thanks,
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>Hi Ed and Paul,
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>I still have the problem if I run the executable from the desktop.
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>What I have done is putting the config.fpw onto the desktop and that gets rid of the screen. However 2 unwanted files, foxuser.dbf and foxuser.fpt, also happen on the desktop.
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>These files on the user's desktop should not be nice, I guess.
>Do you or anybody have any suggestion?
>

In addition to SCREEN = OFF; if you do not want FOXUSER files created, you can add a line to CONFIG.FPW that reads:

RESOURCE = OFF