I think I misread this statement "the main VFP window", which I thought it was referring to "another popup window/browse screen". SET TALK OFF would done that (for the most most ;). Again, thanks for all the help. This was interesting for me as well too.

Chuck

>According to MS book, SELECT - SQL: NOCONSOLE "Prevents display of query results sent to a file, the printer, or the main Visual FoxPro window."