>>Since the Desktop property is ignored when ShowWindow is set to 2, you may safely re-set the property to its default .F. This will restore VFP's showing of the WAIT WINDOW in the SDI form.
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>Wow, that's certainly intuitive. Thanks for saving me the time to find that one.
Glad to be of help, Michael.
George
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