>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>A customer sent me a photo showing the "message" in the VFP 9 program. The message says:
>>>>

>>>>The action cannot be completed because the other program is busy.  Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy program 
>>>>and correct the problem
>>>>

>>>>The buttons on this message box are:
>>>>"Switch To" "Retry"
>>>>
>>>>What would typically cause this issue and this message?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>I usually get this message when some automation is included and the COM server is displaying error message.
>>>When I automate Word MailMerge no matter what are the setting for DisplayAlerts if there are merge fields that are not available word stops and displaying a message. You cans see it if you use Alt+Tab. The message does not appear in task bar.
>>>The other reason is if you use Avast CleanUp and put Word/Excel into sleep. Then you must start the application first and then you can use automation.
>>
>>Thank you for your reply.
>>
>>I don't use any automation with COM server in my application. Except; could the attempt of the program to send an email via Outlook cause this message?
>
>Maybe!
>In some of the previous versions MS put an annoying message when somebody uses automation. Then even there was a program named "Click Yes" just to skip it.
>I'm not sure how it works now.

The user assures me that they do not use Outlook for emailing. Other choice for my program email is to use the wwSmtp (product of the West Wind Client Tools). Could the following line cause the above issue (as far as you know)?:

DO wwSmtp && load libraries