>Hi,
>Do you meant you see your form and the VFP main window too?
>Or, the program just flash and dissapear? If so, you need to place READ EVENT after DO FORM mymainform
>
>HTH

Thanks for the help, but I'm still missing something.

mymainform.ShowWindow is set to 2 in the form designer. The form is run from a main program like this :

DO FORM mymainform
mymainform.Show
Read Events

The main foxpro window flashes & the mainform never appears. (I've got a button to close the form with a clear events in it). The form is in limbo at that point - it doesn't appear on the program task list (Ctrl-Alt-Del), but databases are open.