Cetin -

Moving the read events into the init did the trick.
Thank you so much!

Eleanor

>>I have a top level FoxPro 7 base class form that runs from source but not from an executable.
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>>Help, please! The form flashes and disappears.
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>>There is no menu and no data associated with this form.
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>>ShowWindow= 2 - As top-level form
>>WindowType= 0 - Modeless
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>>This is the program:
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>>_SCREEN.VISIBLE = .F.
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>>DO FORM litnoproto
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>>READ ECENTS
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>>RETURN
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>In form.init
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>this.Show
>Read events && Do not forget to have Clear events somewhere
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>Cetin