>>Obviously you can reproduce this. However, with the code you provided, I cannot repro it under VFP7. I did this:
>>

>>DEFINE WIND ERROR FROM 0,0 TO 20,79 COLOR SCHEME 10
>>CREATE TABLE 'error' (errno N(3,0),errprog c(24),;
>>   errline N(3,0),errdate d,errtime c(5),errmess c(24))
>>INSERT INTO 'error' VALUES (123,'thisprog.prg',999,;
>>   DATE(),'18:57','mess')
>>USE
>>SELECT 9
>>USE 'error' ALIAS 'ERRTABLE' && TPMcD 25/04/07
>>GOTO BOTTOM
>>BROWSE FIELDS "No"=errno,"Program"=errprog,"Line"=errline,;
>>   "Date"=errdate,"Time"=errtime,"Error"=errmess ;
>>   NOEDIT NODELETE NOAPPEND WINDOW ERROR
>>RELEASE WIND ERROR
>>USE IN 'ERRTABLE' && TPMcD 25/04/07
>>

>>Using only that snippet, does the problem manifest on your system?
>>...Art
>
>
>Thanks Art
>
>I ran your snippet and errtable closed as expected. I'll have to look closer at what's different in your code (BTW please don't think MY snippet is MY code - I've just got to contend with what I've got - this mystifies me though)
>
>Terry

Is it possible that you exit the procedure prematurely (may be by error, which is supressed?) and this line of code is never executed?