>>My app starts with SCREEN=OFF in Config.fpw and a splash screen as a top-level form. The login form is called as an in-top-level form before I set _Screen.Visible = .t., but is not receiving focus until I click on it. I'd like users to be able to type as soon as they see the form. Any ideas? Thanks.
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>Hi Joel,
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>We do this. In the .Init of the top-level form, it sets focus to a textbox that is way off the form. The "main" program which is run at startup, instatiates the top-level form and then calls up the login form. The main program checks for a successful login, if not, out, if good, the main menu on the top-level form is displayed. We don't have any problems with this approach.
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>Let me know if you need more.
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>Steve

Hmmm... that didn't work for me, but my scenario is a little different. My top-level form is just a splash screen, and it has a progress bar. I'm sure that changes things a little bit. Anyway, I've implemented a workaround where I move the main application window off of the desktop at coordinates -2000, -2000 and set _Screen.Visible = .t. This causes the login form to receive focus. It's kinda clunky (which is why I wanted to find another way), but it works.