Well nothing made a bit of difference

I can cheat and do
_screen.windowstate = 1
_screen.windowstate = 0

and everything looks fine, but you see a minimize then a restore, so it looks like the program is having a seizure


>Stephen,
>
>I didn't quite understand which of my questions you were responding to.
>
>Did you try adding a command button with the lockscreen=.f. and refresh?
>
>One more thing..
>Something that has got me a few times and sounds similar is to do with Setfocus()
>If you do a setfocus in the middle of a method, VFP seems to go directly to that object - without running the remainder of the code after the SF command.
>I noticed there is a Refresh after a setfocus in your add button... try swapping them over
>
>HTH