>Project runs correctly within VFP 6.0 environment but as an exe does not pause for "READ" on forms, blows right by...tried setting windowstyle = 1, but only good for that form, any ideas?

Most likely you are missing a READ EVENTS in your main program

when you run a program in windows you need to have a message pump - a loop that sit there and waits for incomming messages. In VFP this is achived by issueing a READ EVENTS command. to Clear this you'd need to CLEAR EVENTS when your application terminates

Arnon