>Secondly, when a timer event fires in the EXE that I ran automatically I want to bring to app to the front of all windows that are open. For now, the window that jumps to the front does not need to be a modal app but I'm curious how I might do that if needed.
>
You can try
SetForegroundWindow API #12720
DECLARE SHORT SetForegroundWindow IN USER32.DLL INTEGER hWnd
IF SetForegroundWindow(_VFP.hWnd) = 0
ENDIF
--sb--