>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I've installed an on error routine in an application.
>>>>
>>>>Its an old app that has a lot of errors and users are used to ignoring them. I've put in an ON ERROR routine so I can log the errors and iron out the worst offenders.
>>>>
>>>>In the on error routine I give the user the choice of carrying on or quitting.
>>>>
>>>>If they select quit I
>>>>
>>>>CLEAR EVENTS
>>>>QUIT
>>>>
>>>>But sometimes when the users select quit they get Cannot Quit Visual Foxpro.
>>>>
>>>>I suspect there are paths through the system that may issue another READ EVENTS. Could this cause the problem above ? Are READ EVENTS nested ?
>>>>
>>>
>>>What Hilmar said. But also, that message often reflects an ON SHUTDOWN in effect.
>>>
>>>Tamar
>>
>>Hi Tamar
>>
>>There's no on shutdown in operation.
>>
>>I think it must be dangling references as Sergey mentioned.
>>
>>If I have a READ EVENTS in operation and in the ON ERROR code I CLEAR EVENTS why would that not work
>
>Get rid of the QUIT and then put a breakpoint on CLEAR EVENTS and trace what happens after that to see what the problem is.
>
>Tamar

Good idea but

As this is a problem that occurs intermittently in a multi user environment in a very disorganised application that not going to tell me much.