>And to add to what Colin said, add in the Activate method of the form the following code:
>
>set cursor off &&Hides the cursor
>wait window '' time 3 &&A little bit of delay...
>set cursor on &&Brings the cursor back on
>thisform.release()
>
>>In your form set .ControlBox, .Movable, .MaxButton, and .MinButton to .F. and set .Caption=(None).

What you have added only applies if a READ EVENTS is in place. We are trying to determine how to get the splash screen to appear while the main app is initializing, i.e. SET's DO MENU..., _Screen.Visible=.T.