I have a similar system and here's what I do. After the system starts up I move the application window off the right edge of the screen so it can't be seen. Here's how I do it.

* Hide app window off the screen
lOldLeft = _SCREEN.Left
_SCREEN.Left=1300

At the end of the app I restore the screen setting.

I don't run it minimized. I let it run with normal window sizing, not maximized. If I want to see the application I can right-click on the taskbar button and select "Maximize" and the window will fill up my main monitor. When I am done, I right-click the taskbar button and select "Restore" and the window goes back off of the screen. When the report runs the screen flashes briefly but control is returned to the active window of whatever was running before the report ran.

It works great for our app.

Larry Huisingh

>Jean-Rene,
>
>thank you for reply.
>
>Unfotunately, this does not help:
>
>1. REPORT FORM command still restores my minimized application and brings
>it to front.
>
>2. Error in report causes application to stop respondig:
>Lockwindowupdate() block also error message dialog. Only ctrl+alt+del and end task helps.
>
>How to solve those problems ?
>
>>Try this. This is from the thread:Re: 'Printing ...' Thread #542638 Message #542800
>>

>>DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN WIN32API
>>DECLARE INTEGER LockWindowUpdate IN WIN32API INTEGER lnHandle
>>hWin = GetDeskTopWindow()
>>LockWindowUpdate(hWin)
>>REPORT FORM x TO PRINT
>>LockWindowUpdate(0)
>>

>>You can use this "hide" the output window, but you still can't use this in a .DLL as it's still "there" as UI and won't work in a .DLL.
>>
>>>I have a VFP 7 application .exe running minimized in background.
>>>
>>>I use a REPORT FORM command to create a PDF files for Web server.
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, REPORT FORM command causes my application window
>>>to become active.
>>>
>>>This is very annyoining since this occurs during user normal
>>>work and interrups this.
>>>
>>>How to prevent REPORT FORM command to
>>>activate a VFP application ?