Hi Russell,

>So would that mean that there's no guarantee your solution is going to pause the program during a loop?

Nope.

> yet it will not respond to an event outside VFP.

No, it doesn't. BINDEVENT hooks into the message queue. These queues are always bound to a particular window. Therefore you only receive key strokes sent to your window.

> anywhere in any Windows app.

That requires system hooks. However, creating such a hook on keyboard entry requires that the current user has elevated privileges and is also trapped by most anti-spyware tools. After all, that's how password sniffers work. Additionally, the API function (SetWindowsHookEx) requires a call back procedure and can therefore not be used with VFP directly.