Did you try DOEVENTS in your main loop?
How are you launching the service>?

>We have an application that we have written that we use to synchronize local FoxPro tables to remote SQL tables. This application sits on a timer, and every twenty minutes or so starts synchronizing. When the synchronizing runs it loops through the list of local tables, getting and sending updates as required.
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>Our concern is that we wish to run this application as a Windows Service, and specifically handling Windows shutdowns gracefully. My problem is that I cannot get the application to recognize a shutdown command whilst it is in its main synchronizing loop. I have looked at the ON SHUTDOWN command, but cannot get that to do anything.
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>At present I am testing this by starting a synchronization loop, and then using task manager to close the application. At present all that happens is that the loop is completed, and only then will the application shut down.
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>Does anyone have any pointers as to how I can make a Foxpro app more responsive to a Windows close command?
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