George

>There are two possibilities that come to mind. The first, but highly unlikely >in my mind, is that the executable being call minimizes the form. The second, >would be that the logical variable being assigned has an assign method that >would fire when its value changes. If it did, perhaps the code within that >method is setting the WindowState to minimized (1). These are the only two >possibilities that come to mind. I've never seen this sort of behavior in VFP >or any of its predecessors.

I know - it puzzled me also.
The variable doesn't have an assign (or access) method.
The chap who wrote the exe says it doesn't minimise the form - and it works fine for him.
When I change the VFP forms ShowWindow property from 2 (Top level form) to either 0 or 1 - then the form doesn't minimise !

Regards
Anna