>>I have just moved up from FP 2.6.
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>>In my 2.6 applications I always made the first screen(form) window a 'Desktop' window. This covered the main Foxpro window and the caption replaced the 'Microsoft Foxpro' at the top.
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>>Is there a way to do this in Vis. FP 5?
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>>When I make the form window a 'Desktop' window it looks OK, but unless all other windows are 'Desktop' they open behind the first one. Even when they are modal. Making them all 'Desktop' solves this problem, but I am sure this is not the way to do it. The whole application cannot be minimised, only each window. This could be a nightmare.
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>>Can someone point me in the right direction?
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>You could use top-level form in vfp5, but I'm not sure why you can't just use the main vfp window for your purposes - you can control it with _screen, alter the caption, menu, toolbar, etc. as needed...

Thanks!

the _screen option is the way to go.