Hi Sergey,

Thanks you! I tried the Screen.Visible=.T., and that worked. I also looked at the config.fpw, and it was set as SCREEN=OFF. Wonder why that is the default setting. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Dave

>Make sure that you don't have SCREEN=OFF in the config.fpw. You can also try _SCREEN.Visible = .T.
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>>I've built an executable of my application within VFP 8.0. It loads fine when I open it within Visual FoxPro. However, If I open (double click) the EXE outside of Visual FoxPro, the application does not appear.
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>>When I go into my Windows Task Manager, the exe is there under processes (which I guess means it is open and running). Thus, it seems to be loading, but not visible.
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>>I've made exe files in the past with VFP 6.0, and never had this issue. What could I be doing wrong? I compared it with an old program of mine (which worked), and it is almost the same.
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>>Dave