Thank you for your advice. We have tried all your tips, but the result is the same: VFP9 renders the SAME form visible slower than VFP8. I think there has been changed something inside VFP rendering engine (maybe enhanced GDI+ support?).
Norbert

>>Please help !
>>In VFP9 we have a problem with displaying forms. When a form contains a picture, VFP9 draws it on the screen slower than VFP8. First it draws the border of the form, then the inner area. When we use the form to be displayed during a running process (like wait window), sometimes is for seconds displayed only the border.
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>>Can anybody help us? Even this behavior doesn't affect the program speed, it is an ugly visual effect.
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>If you were updating an existing screen and the update was slow I would say to lockscreen before you do the update and unlock it afterwards so the user doesn't get any 'middle' states just the final effect.
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>If it is another screen that is being called you might choose to not show it until the updating has been done. Look into using either the Visible property set to false when the form first loads and turn it true when ready or perhaps use the SHOW method if creating the form programmatically.