Thanks you, thank you. Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. I was totally looking for something with the objects. I had set talk on in my environment by mistake and never realized it.

Thanks again.

>Hi Chuck,
>I would guess that SET TALK has something to do with pushing the images up on the form. If the form is not in a private datasession, it uses the default data session's setting of TALK. In any case try SET TALK OFF at the command window if the form has DataSession = 1, and put SET TALK OFF in the Load method if DataSession = 2. Give that a try.
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>>Here's a good one. I have a form class that has 3 text boxes, 3 command buttons and 3 labels. In the VFP command window I create a reference to the object then show the object. When the form displays on the screen all objects are duplicated like a double image. This happens when it is compiled as an EXE. It does NOT happen when the executable runs only when displayed manually or in development in the VFP window. Any ideas? by the way, the class has 2 forms and only one has this behavior.