_screen.lockscreen = .t.
is issued in the begining and
_screen.lockscreen = .f.
is issued as the last line of code in the refresh

also I did take out the
_screen.lockscreen = .t.
just to see and the error still happened



>Hi!
>
>Check out the LockScreen property. It seems it is set to .T. than to .F. somewhere. Similar problem might come also from the LockWindowUpdates() API function call.
>Finally, if you occasionally used NODEFAULT in the REFRESH event of the form or some control......
>
>HTH.
>
>>Hello everybody
>>
>>Has anyone every issued a "thisform.refresh" and not had it work???
>>
>>Basically I have a form when "add" mode is started I enable and disable textboxes and command buttons, but sometimes the form doesn't refresh (some visible stuff isn't show), if I minimize and restore the form looks fine I tried to add a command button with "thisform.refresh" in the click event. but it doesn't fix the form.
>>
>>it's like a "re-draw issue"
>>
>>also if the form doesn't refresh right and I activate a separate (any) program and drag the new program window over the messed-up form then move it away everything comes out looking fine???
>>
>>any ideas??
>>
>>Thanks