>>>>>>>Is there a way to clear the mouse clicks from the buffer, equivalent to clear typeahead, or to limit the number of buffered clicks ??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>DOEVENTS should do the trick.
>>>>>
>>>>>Except DOEVENTS will process the mouse clicks, and not dispose of them.
>>>>
>>>>Hmm, I've used DOEVENTS to clear mouse clicks (users pressing buttons while processing going on) and it seems to work for me. Windows may have processed the mouse clicks, but VFP doesn't.
>>>
>>>This is fairly simple to test
>>>
>>>Place 2 buttons on a form, and in one:
>>>
>>>* Some query that will take about 5 seconds.
>>>SELECT * FROM Mytable INTO CURSOR Whatever
>>>DOEVENTS
>>>
>>>In the other button,
>>>MESSAGEBOX('Howdy')
>>>
>>>Click the first button, and while the query is running click the second. On my machine, the messagebox still appears.
>>
>>VFP 5 or 6? I'm still using 5...
>
>Both. Have you tested like this?
No, I have not tried your test. The "processing" I was referring to was SQLs to build a cursor for a report and running the report. When I used to return from the report, if the user had pressed the button while this was going on, the report would run again. DOEVENTS stopped that for me.