Aleander,

Brilliant... I am not a WINAPI type on the best of days... although of late I am learning...
Thanks heaps!!

Ric
>Hi!
>

>#define	MB_SYSTEMMODAL	0x1000
>Declare Integer MessageBox In Win32API As MsgBox Long hWnd, String @ lpText, String @ lpCaption, Integer uType
>MsgBox(0, "Hey... I'm done for now", "VFP Application", 48 + MB_SYSTEMMODAL)
>

>>I have a timer app which runs some processes every hour... if there is a result to those processes, I want to have a message box pop up over all other windows (like outlook does when you get new mail) that tells me "Hey... I'm done for now"... is there an example of this somewhere??