>>>>>>You'll have to debug it - supposing llStartApp is true - have a look at the mutex stuff [ IF VARTYPE(oAppObj.oMutex.NAME) = "C"]
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>>>>>Do you know of a way to simulate a system shutdown, but without actual shutdown (e.g. I'd like to continue working, but want to test shutdown of the application from the system shutdown).
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>>>>Sure - close foxpro - shutdown will be triggered
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>>>Do you have a code handy to close (not kill) foxpro outside from the program?
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>>>Or you mean try in Task Manager to close and it will be a good simulation?
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>>Click on the close box - or close it via the task manager
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>>In Windows7 - hover over the caption in the taskbar. Then you see a small window - go up with the mouse - there's a close box there as well
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>When I do it this way - is it the same as clicking on the x button in the screen? In other words, in this case I got a message 'Do you want to exit from my application?'. I added a check for _screen.ReleaseType = 1 to display the message.
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>When I was closing from the Task bar, I didn't get the message - this is the behavior I'd like to simulate - the shutdown initiated by Windows (say, Windows Update).

Don't let Windows Update shut down anything