>Hello at UT !
>
>I have a form with animated shapes on it. (No joke, it's animation of a automatic door)
>I animate the shapes in this style:
>
>*---------------------------------------
>* Timer interval = 1
>
>x = x-2
>thisform.shape1.left = x
>if x < 10
> x = 470
>endif
>*---------------------------------------
>
>In Vfp 3.0b the animation has worked correct. But in VFP6 the shapes flicker around and they
>don't scroll smoothly anymore.
>
>Exception:
>the animation works correct, if I have a open messagebox. What can I do for a smooth scrolling animation without a open messagebox.
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Thanks
>
>Martin

Try this to see if it gets rid of your flicker:

ACTIVATE SCREEN
? ""

It seems that if the main screen is not written to, then bitmaps have a problem displaying correctly. See if that helps.