Hi Bonnie,

Sorry to jump in like this. Is there a specific reason for Minimizing the form before the application exit?


>David,
>
>As I said in my previous reply, you need to use Application.Exit(). So, something like this in your Form's Load eventhandler:
>

>if (ConnectionIsOffline)
>{
>    MessageBox.Show("You are offline. Application will be closed.");
>    this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
>    Application.Exit();
>    return;
>}
>

>
Bonnie
>
>
>
>>Hello Bonnie...
>>
>>I in event LOAD verify if the connection with the server this ON LINE; if the server this OFF LINE I show a message and i want to close the form.
>>
>>Note: my english is not very good..