>I'm not trying to change the focus

Well, my point was, that you need to. VFP does it for you, where the exe does not.

>and it's well after the app starts.

Ok, that wasn't clear from your earlier message. If you have to click in a grid to get something to work that works normally at design time, seems to me like your problem is with the grid getting focus automatically. No?


>I'm also not doing anything with the API.

I was referring to the API as the solution, not the cause.