>>I have never seen this before. It means that you cannot use Form Designer at all. Probably you have to reinstall VFP.
>
>Under toolbars, the form designer is checked off but I basically
> have a blank screen. I can get the 'form controls' to appear however.

Make me a favor. Go to Main Menu: File/New/Form. Now you should be in Form Designer and have Form Controls Toolbar here.