Hmmmm now that's is showing signs of life
I have two scenerios for you

if i do this - i get the 'reading destroy' mesage but the popup is frozen when the form disappears
this DOESN NOT jump to the release portion

entry in destroy:
wait window "reading destroy"
CLEAR EVENTS

entry in release:
wait window "Reading Release"
dodefault()
thisform.release()

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if i do this - i get the 'reading destroy' message AND then the 'reading release' message
however the popup is still frozen when the form disappears
this DOES NOW jump to the release portion


entry in destroy:
wait window "reading destroy"
CLEAR EVENTS
thisform.release()

entry in release:
wait window "Reading Release"
dodefault()

Question for you naomi - My form is called a09. should there be a specific command in there for that specific form name?

thanks for staying with me on this.

k