>I am new to Visual Foxpro. All of the development I have done is with 2.6. I have tried to do a functional conversion on a few of my apps. When I create and run the executable the program starts and then shuts down within a second or two. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

It is described in the VFUG FAQ (maintained by Scot)
just add READ EVENTS to the first program that runs

Arnon