thanks for your help. I will look at this.

>Hi Debra,
>
>>If I use set step on in a method or a program, the break isn't working.
>> I'm not able to stop execution and step thru the code.
>
>SET STEP ON would stop the program when you are either executing the EXE, or the line is never reached. You need to run the app in the VFP IDE. If it still doesn't break move the SET STEP command to an earlier place such as an Init event. I also use ON KEY LABEL ALT+F12 SET STEP ON in my applications to be able to break at any time.