>>I'm using some code out of a book which instantiates a form and adds the object reference to an array property of the goApp. I'm in VFP6 and the code may have originally been written for a previous version.
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>>After everything else it includes:
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>>    .Refresh()
>>    .Paint()
>>    .Show()
>>

>>Help says that :
>>Refresh() "Repaints a form or control and refreshes any values, or refreshes a project's visual display."
>>and Show() "The Show method sets a form or form set's Visible property to true (.T.) and makes the form the active object. "
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>>Assuming I haven't added any code to the Paint method of any of my forms, Do I need the .Paint() ? Do I need to call Refresh() in the Show(), assuming I specifically call Refresh() each time I call Show() ? (This app doesn't hide anything right now.)
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>>Anything else I'd regret if I removed Paint() and took the Refresh()'es out of the Show() ?
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>Cindy,
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>Paint() is an event, Show() and Refresh() are methods. Drop Paint().

George,

Thanks. In this case, Refresh() and Show() do exactly the same refreshing, but Show makes the form visible.

I think I'm going to leave out the Refresh() and just use Show(). No one has said that this would be a big mistake.