>>Can anyone explain to me the behavior you get if you create a PRG with the following lines and execute it? VFP5.0a SP3 under WinNT4.0 SP3
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>>_SCREEN.VISIBLE = .F.
>>?GETFILE()
>>_SCREEN.VISIBLE = .T.
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill
>
>Hi Bill,
>
>I would think the screen would not be visible and the second line would "freeze" your program at a modal GETFILE() dialog that can't be seen. If you can navigate out of the dialog without seeing it then the third line would execute. Just a guess right now, I'll have to test this assumption.

The GETFILE() dialogue is indeed invisible, but why? This also happens with PUTFILE() or LOCFILE() but not GETDIR(). You can also define a top-level form, run it with _SCREEN.VISIBLE = .F., make the top-level form itself invisible and run GETFILE() from it and it works ok.

Bill