>It's late on a Friday evening and I'm tired (not as tired as my brain!). How do you prevent the VFP screen from flashing up when you issue CLEAR EVENTS, RELEASE FORM to close a top-level form? I know this one is easy but I just can't remember!

If your _SCREEN is far enough (e.g. you issued _SCREEN.left=-2000 on start of your app) then it cannot flash and disturb you :).