I use Top Level Forms all of the time and started noticing this behavior in VFP 6. It is a major pain. The way that I have gotten around it is to add this code to the init of my Top Level Form:

DECLARE INTEGER FindWindow IN Win32API STRING, STRING
DECLARE INTEGER SetForegroundWindow IN "User32.dll" INTEGER
hWnd = FindWindow(0,"Account Analysis Input")
=SetForegroundWindow(hWnd)

The second parameter in the FindWindow() is the caption of the form.

HTH,
George

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>Hi Folks,
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>Say, when I create a simple project with a launching PRG calling a Top Level form after the form launches it appears to not have focus.
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>That is, the top bar is grey as opposed to the blue I normally see when an object has Windows focus.
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>I have a _screen.visible = .f. in the PRG as well.
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>I'm trying to see if this is a bug or what might be required to make the form have focus when launched from a shortcut.
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>I've dug around a bit looking for a mention of this and can't find any FAQ or anything on it.
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>Best,
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>DD