Tommy,

Hilmar is right, you need to use the same shutdown routine you use in your Exit menu or ON SHUTDOWN procedure.

You can also check How can I release all open forms FAQ #7975

>Hello Fox Gang!
>
>Today's question.....
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>How to shutdown an app using a timer.
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>Given I have an app, and I have a timer running in the base application form.
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>The timer, when it fires, looks for a textfile in the root folder. If the file is there, it causes the app to begin to shutdown....
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>Here is the relevant code...
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>IF timetoshutdown
> WAIT CLEAR
> THISFORM.RELEASE()
>ENDIF
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>But, since there may be many forms on the screen at this time (someone may have left the app running when they went home)... I would rather have a shutdown routine instead of just THISFORM.RELEASE().
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>Any ideas of a shutdown routine? I am assuming it would have to be able to drill down into the forms to shut them all down???
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>Thanks!
>Tommy