>>Hi,
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>>I seem to be having a strange problem with one of the occasions I use the messagebox() function - it appears outside my VFP app and on the taskbar as a separate item:
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>>if messagebox('Backup Schedule Files ?',4+32+256,'SCHEDULE BACKUP',5000)=6
>>...
>>...
>>endif
>>
>>I did some experimentation and, if I leave out the timeout parameter, it does not behave this way (it is encompassed within the main VFP screen).
>>
>>Is it supposed to behave this way? I did not see any reference to this in the Help section.
>
>That appears to be the way it's supposed to work.

Seems more like an oversight...!!!

Adding a timeout parameter should not change whether the dialogue box is displayed within or outside the VFP screen.

Net effect is that it is being hidden by my app screen when run under Windows 9x