>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()
>
>_______________________
>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

No, there is no such command. Ok, let's remove read events from your menu and from your form clear events. Is this form modal? If it's modal, it should work Ok without any extra stuff. What is WindowType for the form?