Thank you very much Grigore, that worked just fine.

Jim

>Hello,
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>Try placing focus on it before doing anything else. Thisform.Tree.SetFocus(), then Thisform.Whatevercontrol.SetFocus() in form's init.
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>>>>I'm using the MS treeview control (6.0 SP4) with VFP 6.0 (SP5) on a form. When the form runs the treeview is not visible unless I click on it. I've looked all over for work arounds and I'm not coming up with anything. Any ideas?
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>>>>thanks in advance.
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>>>Jim,
>>>Do you, by chance, have any LockScreen properties set or LockWindowUpdate function calls?
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>>No I sure don't.