Hello. I'm new to the foxite site but a veteran vfp programmer.

Here's my pbm...

If I create a simple .prg that initiates the PDF417 barcode object, it paints a barcode onto the screen and no matter what I do to get rid of it, it won't go away until I release the object. Here's my example..

TEST.PRG
---
CLOSE ALL
CLEAR ALL
CLEAR
SET TALK OFF
SET CONSOLE OFF
SET NOTIFY OFF
SET SAFETY OFF
RELEASE oPDF
PUBLIC oPDF
oPDF = NEWOBJECT("pdf417","pdf417")
*--- AT THIS POINT A LABEL IS PAINTED ONTO THE SCREEN (ie you see a barcode on the screen)
*.. no matter what I do at this point, I can't clear the barcode label off the screen until I do this

oPDF = NULL

*.. once I set it to null, the "picture" of the barcode label disappears.

I've tried setting _screen.picture = "mypicture.bmp"
This DOES set the background to my picture but the label on the screen is on top of my picture so it's still visible.

Any ideas?

Robert