Thanks Anatoliy

Both look like usable solutions, I will investigate them

Bob

>This one is better, sending CTRL+ESC keystroke:
>http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18342
>
>Translated into VFP:

>DECLARE keybd_event IN user32;
>	SHORT bVk, SHORT bScan, INTEGER dwFlags,;
>	INTEGER dwExtraInfo
>
>#DEFINE KEYEVENTF_KEYUP 2
>#DEFINE vbKeyControl 17
>#DEFINE vbKeyEscape 27
>
>= keybd_event(vbKeyControl, 0, 0, 0)
>= keybd_event(vbKeyEscape, 0, 0, 0)
>DOEVENTS
>
>= keybd_event(vbKeyControl, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0)
>= keybd_event(vbKeyEscape, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0)
>DOEVENTS
>