>Version 6. No you don't misunderstand... I found TopLevelForm setting but cannot find where or how to SET _screen = OFF.
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Youi must do this in a CONFIG.FPW that is compiled into your application that contains the line:

SCREEN = OFF

if you do not do this, and instead try to issue the command from the form, the VFP screen will appear briefly before the _Screen.visible = .f. is issued.

>How do I launch the screen in the app? Or do I even need a project? Normally I run the menus in the main.prg the do a READ EVENTS. I don't want a menu to show up just this one screen.
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Yes, you need a project; if the only thing that runs is a form, and that form can be modal, then simply make the form the main program in the project. if the form is not modal, or you need to load menus, etc and want an active READ EVENTS, then you need a short program to serve as your main that sets up the environment, launches your form, menus and whatever, and fires a READ EVENTS.

You must have a project in order to compile to a .APP or .EXE file.