>SOLUTION !
>Ok it often takes a beginner to release how we over look the simplest of things.
>The reason why the mainform would would flash and go away again was.... Wait for it....
> THE MAINFORM WAS SET AS THE MAIN ITEM ! I changed the main.prg to be set as SET AS MAIN option (i know you would of thought that since i called it main.prg i would of relised ! ) Thanks for all those that helped on the matter.

I'm glad you got it working. Welcome to VFP. There are quite a few tricks and traps that you will encounter but the great thing is that at UT, you can always find many who are willing to help you along.