>hi naomi - one last question before i throw in the towel.
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>I placed the following command in the release portion of the form
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>wait window "Program reading release"
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>should that not show up when close the form? (it does not) I am suspicious that my form does not read release area when closed.
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>k

Hmm, yes, the wait window should definitely show up. You know what, move the CLEAR EVENTS and WAIT WINDOW into Destroy method of the form instead.