>>>I thought that this was fixed in VFP-7. I know the Wait Window command works but as far as forms I can't display them. Yet the OLE does not complain when I execute a DO FORM.
>>>
>>>Am I doing something wrong? If not, why is this such a big problem?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Costas
>>
>>Hi Costas,
>>
>>What are you referring to exactly? What is your OLE - DLL or EXE?
>>
>>You cannot use any visual interface commands directly in DLL, but you can in out-of-process EXE.
>
>Its the same OLE I posted before. Out of process EXE. Instantiated using CreateObject().
>
>I wonder if I am doing something wrong here. The strange thing is that the form object gets created. However it does not get displayed. The visible flag is .t.
>
>Here is the code:
>
>define class Common as custom olepublic
>* Compiled as Multi-Use OLE server.
>* Instance variable declarations
> dependent = .null.
>
> * Instance Methods
> function changed()
> * Save dependent object.
> DO FORM form1 NAME frm Linked
> READ events
> this.dependent=frm
>enddefine
>
>
>The form1 is just a blank form. Any ideas?
>
>Costas

My VFP 7 just hangs when I try to do that, saying that the other application is busy. I don't think it is a right idea to show the form from the COM. Why do you need to do that?