>>>>>Is there a way in VFP 3.0 to prevent the Main VFP window from
>>>>>ever displaying. I'm using VFP as a wrapper for another software and I
>don't want the user to see the other window. I am already implementing the
>API to hide the window. But I don't the window to appear at all.
>>>>>
>>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>Dan I am not sure.. but maybe you can help me.. I need to know if you
>know how
>>>>
>>>>to have a screen in fox 2.6a logoff itself after 30Min.
>>>
>>>Dan, try SCREEN=OFF in config.fpw
>>>William, you should use TIMEOUT clause of READ
>>
>>
>
>>Ok, I tried that. The Main VFP window displays momentarily then it
>>disappears. This is the way it was behaving prior to adding the SCREEN=OFF
>>line to the config.fpw in the project. What am I doing wrong?
>
>>Dan
>
>VFP5 implemented the SCREEN=OFF in the config.fpw. As far as I know, there
>is no way in VFP3 or FPW to eliminate the initial screen flash. I think
>that if someone did figure out how to do it, it would be spread real quick
>as many of us working in VFP3 would love to have no screen flash.
>
>Garritt


Running it minimized helps. There might be someway to keep the screen from flashing after you exit the dos program.

Dan