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>The problem is that he didn't open up Foxpro - he ran an application. If I create an application in VC++ (& most other languages) & run the application, I don't get the development environment window open up too. Also, unlike Word & Excel in your example, if I close the main form, the Foxpro window disappears - if I close all the documents in Word & Excel the enclosing window, as you yourself state, does not disappear.
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>You are used to the quirky nature of Foxpro, which is NOT similar to the majority of Windows development tools & definitely unlike Word & Excel. You obviously know that you specifically have to hide the main Foxpro window, others do not. Your sarcastic response was completely uncalled for.

Len,

When you run a VFP app in runtime, you do NOT get the development environment window. You get the VFP _SCREEN. It is perfectly acceptable to have this window up and running in an application. What Fox does is EXACTLY like Word and Excel and many other Windows applications. Windows even has a name for it. It's called the "Application Background".