if any of your projects's forms are set to be shown as desktops and are visible , it will prevent wait wind from displaying
Also If u hide the screen then also something similar happens.

Hope this helps.

Hiten K M

>Hi,
>
>I've got here a strange situation:
> I have a text box for entering dates.
> On validation I check if a date is valid and if not I'm using WAIT WINDOW to display message.
>
>All this works if project file is executed from VFP, but when I'm running a stand alone executable file I don't see the message.
>
>Is there any possible solution for this problem ?
>
>Thanks in advance.