Set to forms 'CausesValidation' to false.
In the FormClosing event set the FormClosingEventArgs.Cancel to false;

That was too much code < s >. All I needed was this:

e.Cancel = false

Apparently the validation causes it to be set to true under the hood.

HTH (Whatja messing with this C# stuff for anyway <g>)

I have already done a couple of small ASP.NET projects over the years. However, they have been too few and far between for me to remember anything that I learned doing them - plus the code was crap :-(. So I am taking a C# course at the university here because I have had a lot of requests for me to do C# work and my big VFP projects are winding down.

Andy and I plan to retire in 5 years, so I am adding to my skill set so we can protect our capital and add to the retirement nest egg as we wind down. Andy hasn't done much VFP (except for his personal use and to write tools) - he has been pretty much a SQL Server DBA for the last 3 years...