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 _SCREEN.VISIBLE = .F. ?GETFILE() _SCREEN.VISIBLE = .T. Thanks, Bill [ ...and GMRider added: ] What happens for me is the screen disappears (duh), leaving a button on the task bar showing "OPEN", shows as selected but of course you cannot further select it by maximizing or other. Hit escape and back to normal, never having seen the dialog... Is that what you are expecting?