>Hi Gregory
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>No, its not reverting to background memory setting - the memory usage is much, much lower. When you minimize a VFP app it can go from using several megabytes to only a few hundred kb. Its a drastic reduction in memory usage and I would love to know what internal function VFP uses to achieve that?


No idea

>iro your no-flicker solution - unfortunately this does not work for me - the flicker still occurs and I have tried using a different main window handle but still no luck.
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>Thanks
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>Jos

Sorry to hear that. I tested it once more before I sent it. Works over here.