It's error in the help file. You cannot assign properties of the _Screen object in the configuration file.
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>Your suggestion below works fine. However, I'm working with a top level form and want to keep the SCREEN invisible at all times. I have Screen=Off in my configuration file but when I maximize my form I need to make the SCREEN temporally visible so I can maximize the SCREEN. According to VFP7 Help I should be able to set system variables in the configuration file.
>_Screen.WindowState = 2 && does not work.
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>VFP7 Help Says:
>To set system variables in a configuration file
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>Enter the name of the system variable, an equal sign (=), and the value to set the variable to.
>For example, the following command sets the caption of the main Visual FoxPro window:
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>_SCREEN.Caption = "My Application"
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