>>Hi Sarah.
>>
>>>>My app has gone out to testing, come back and been ripped to pieces and put back together. It's ready to go again but the exe isn't firing the first form. i have wait windows in the load event but I don't see them. The App, run from VFP3 is fine. Does anyone have any ideas?
>>>D'oh! forgot to show how I run the form!
>>>
>>>do form base.scx
>>>read events
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>>Try making base.scx modal. That should do the trick!
>>
>>HTH,
>base started life modal but became modeless when I put in the "read events". I've changed it back and the APP is still great but the EXE still doesn't load up the form. Any more ideas ... anyone?!

Sarah,

Do you have CONFIG.SYS file with SCREEN = OFF in your working directory? If so, and your form's SHOWWINDOW property is IN SCREEN, the form is just hidden but actually its loaded when running the EXE file. Make your form's SHOWWINDOW property AS TOP LEVEL and it will work. Now, if do not want the form AS TOP LEVEL, issue _SCREEN.VISIBLE = .T. or APPLICATION.VISIBLE = .T. at the Top of your main program.