>>>Pat
>>Pat, do mean in step mode or just open? Naturally, WEXIST('Visual FoxPro Debugger') will return .T. if it's open.
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>Yes indeed Gearge, what I meant was in Step mode, surely not just open.
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>Pat

This is a kludge, but you could add a logical condition to the application or other object, and manually change its value in the debugger as soon as it opened. I've never tested disabling timers in the debugger but I imagine it could be done.