>Hello,
>
>i once tried to lock the screen with LockWindowUpdate..
>the call succeeded but it wasn't the effect I was locking for cause the child windows where drawn after the call anyway ..
>
>i had to lock the Desktop to "freeze" the whole app
>
>e.g.
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN WIN32API
>DECLARE INTEGER LockWindowUpdate IN WIN32API INTEGER
>
>lnSuccess = LockWindowUpdate(GetDesktopWindow())
>
>&& cascade Forms ..
>
>lnSuccess = LockWindowUpdate(0)
>
>Regards and Happy X-Mas
>
Christian,

Merry Christmas to you too.

Now that you mention it, I do seem to recall this problem. I do wonder, however, if setting _SCREEN.LockScreen = .T. might be a workaround. As I said to Fred, this was off the top of my head and untested.