>Len,
>To keep it simple I think an app that has only one form (no main.prg) would do for you :
>
>-Create a simple form as top level
>-Be sure to add button with
>
>clear events
>thisform.release
>
>as click code
>(You might want to code that in Form.queryunload as well)
>-In form.init code
>this.show
>read events
>
>Build and run.
>Cetin

John & Cetin, thanks to you both. I restarted from scratch & setting _SCREEN.Visible=.F. + Cetin's suggestions worked.

I haven't had time to work out why it didn't work in the first place. I didn't help myself too much by reading the manual & thinking that it might possibly be right :


"Setting the Visible property for the _SCREEN system variable has no effect in Visual FoxPro for Windows"

"Calling the Hide Method for the _SCREEN system variable has no effect"