>Hi folks.
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>I posted this question once and got no response, I figured I'd try one more time. I am working on the development a product in VFP which will be sold commercially, and therefore the overall appearance of the product is very important.
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>The biggest problem we're having in that respect is startup. When the program first loads, the initial VFP menu is displayed, then the custom menu replaces it, then the custom icon appears, then the main window maximizes. These events do not occur simultaneously, and they all take noticable time. Frankly, startup is very ugly.
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>I've played with LockScreen, and moving the main screen out of the visible area, but I just can't make it look nice. Any suggestions? Perhaps there is a third-party compiler out there that would allow me to alter the beginning of the .EXE, perhaps to make the main window invisible until it has been set up completely?
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>HELP!
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>Thank you.

Yours is a good question. One thing I did was remove the MAXing of the screen, it just adds one more odd-looking delay to the process.

Of course PC/monitor speed is the ultimate solution to this problem, but in the meantime, what's a good strategy for opening an EXE for aesthetic purposes? Any ideas out there?