>Please give me some details on how to hide a VFP program when it is Minimised and only a small icon is shown on the windows bar - like McAfee Vshield or the WinRoute program. Is this possible with a VFP program?

You'll want a timer to watch the state of the _screen to see when its minimized, or use a Top Level form and teh Resize event. As for the system tray, look for bbSysTray by Bela Bodecs in teh files section here. That should take care of it for you.