>Jeff,
>
>I know this works with _screen.Picture to prevent noticeable repaint holes:
>
>

>_screen.Picture = ...
>?? ""
>

>
>You might try adding the ?? "" in the first activate of the form to see if it solves he problem you are seeing.
>
>

if ( this.lFirstActivate )
>   ?? ""
>   this.lFirstActivate = .f.
>endif
>

Thanks, but NOPE. Didn't work. This is a VFP bug and the only workaround is to avoid using the Picture property for forms and other controls. However, it's only in my scenario and I have no idea what is causing the mal-behavior. And, I'm unable come up with a simple enough scenario to repro. I've seen this before in VFP where your the app starts acting flaky.