>>>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?

If you look at the orig. mmessage then you'll see where the code exits, with a "return" at the end of the snippet