Hi Larry,

You're welcome. I'm using MS Tweak UI utility to change some Windows settings that arent't avaliable otherwise w/o registry hacking. It has "Prevent application from stealing focus" checkbox which I unchecked a long time ago.

>Sergey,
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>Once again you have come through in the clutch! I don't know how you came up with that answer so fast. It was just what I was looking for!
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>I have even implemented that tweak on my own machine. I noticed that when I issue a "help reccount()" from the VFP6 command window the help file would start but it wouldn't come to the foreground. Now that I made the tweak it comes right up.
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>Many, many thanks.
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