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

How about the config.fpw itself? If there is no config.fpw on the user desktop, calling the application from the desktop icon will make the main VFP screen appear before my form, the same problem.
How can I redirect my application to read the config.fpw at the application directory other than the desktop so that I don't have to put the config.fpw on the beautiful desktop of my user? Or other advice..

thanks,