:: lh_form = _SCREEN.ACTIVEFORM
:: DECLARE SHORT SetForegroundWindow IN USER32.DLL INTEGER hWnd
:: =SetForegroundWindow(lh_form.HWnd)

This same thing has bugged me ... but was something I had not gotten around to investigating yet ... adding these three lines between my DO FORM and READ EVENTS in my _start.prg did the trick ... thanks guys.

David