Hi Dennis,

Yes, lh_form is a reference to the currently active form (in this case app_start) and has a form property, HWnd, that stores the Windows handle.

I think that this property may be new to VFP 7 (which is what I'm using) and I don't remember if previous versions of VFP had it.

Mike.

>Hi Mike,
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>The last line in your code:
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>=SetForegroundWindow(lh_form.HWnd)
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>Is 'lh_form.HWnd' typed exactly as is? Since you put a dot, is HWnd a property of lh_form?
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>Thanks
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>My solution was to put the following before the READ EVENTS statement in my startup VFP prg:
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>DO FORM app_start
>lh_form = _SCREEN.ACTIVEFORM
>DECLARE SHORT SetForegroundWindow IN USER32.DLL INTEGER hWnd
>=SetForegroundWindow(lh_form.HWnd)
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