>John,
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>Thanks for the answer on the earlier Question concerning word. Cetin gave some good examples and I am trying to find T. Grannor's book on Microsoft Office Automation and Visual Foxpro. Now I have a confession to make and a question just for you. Last March I got my hands on a copy of your little sample of a simple application. It was called "Desi" well I gutted it and used it as a means to write the application from that [dark hot place] with great success until I compiled it as an exe and low and behold it flashes but never ever ends unless ctrl-alt-del is used till end task comes up. Can you maybe tell this dumb old clipper programmer what I did wrong. Thanks in advance for both the example and the help.

Make sure that _SCREEN.Visible = .T.