Mesa,

You can use inkey():

llInterrupt = .f.
scan
   llInterrupt = ( inkey() = 27 )
   if ( llInterrupt )
      exit
   endif
endscan

This will let the user hit Escape if SET ESCAPE is OFF. You can use any other key if you want. The help topic for inkey() shows the numeric codes.

>I was intended to design a Record Finder that behave like
>"Find File" in Windows '95 or later
>
>I've tried to make a looping finder like this :
>SCAN FOR ......=......
>
>ENDS
>
>but when the code is executed I can quit this Loop until it's done.
>
>then I tried with looping like this :
>LOCATE FOR .....=.....
>
>then in a Timer object I put a command to execute a method in my Forms
>that doing SKIP and display my result in a Listview object
>
>but still it doesn't work the way that I wanted to,..
>it can quit the looping soon
>
>the reasons I designed this kind of Finder is 'cause the number of records
>in my table is large it's contain more than 15000 records
>So is there any idea to solve this,...?