>I have a modal form that is called the once, the first time the app is executed via "do form first_sysinfo to lcans"
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>lcans is private and is set to '' prior to the do form command.
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>The logic executes perfectly and my form is displayed when run inside the VFP IDE. However, when executing the compiled exe the form is not displayed (and obviously my return value is not retrieved). Note the form "first_sysinfo " is in the project and there are no build errors.
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>Got to be something stupid, andy thoughts.
>TYIA, Robert

Does your prject use a top level form, and the modal form's window type is specified as "in-screen"?