>Ed,
>I am not in vfp when I run the exe. Really what I am saying is that I can create programs that run when in vfp but will not run as executable. I read somewhere that when you are designing in vfp then there is a sort of automatic read events. As soon as I build an executable with just the lines above and run it independant of vfp I get the results as described.

No, READ EVENTS is the inly one. Can you close your form just clicking on right-top close box? Also, is this modal or modeless form?