>>>You can ShellExecute in the Destroy event.
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>>Of what object are you talking about? The Application object does not have a Destroy event, does it?
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>I mean your form's Destroy event.

Ok, Tore, thank you, but at this particular stage there are no Forms involved - and even if there were, the VFP process would still be running afterwards, wouldn't it?

But, in the absence of a direct solution, I think that I'll gather your suggestions and remarks and put up some kind of a semaphore mechanism to get there.