>>>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.
>
>I exchanged messages with Rick Strahl and he confirmed that it is possible that the reason for the above problem/message is that the Email Server was locked up or had some issue. What I don't understand is the "mechanics" of why VFP shows the message "Switch To" "Retry"? What does VFP app "suggests" to "switch to" when this problem occurs? If you know, please, explain. Thank you.

For all I understand, this is part of the interface. If you have an EXCEL automation blocked. it comes up with something similar. Not very usefull - but this is like the old VFP error style with RETURN / RETRY