Thanks for that. It works semi-great. I tried using _screen.lockscreen = .T. to avoid having the dialog appear at all, but it didn't work. Any susggestions how I can avoid having the dialog box flash up on the screen? I can already hear my tech support phone ringing.

>David,
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>How about doing a KEYBOARD chr(13) that should at least dismiss the dialog promptly without user interaction.
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>>Once again. I use SET COMPATIBLE FOXPLUS NOPROMPT in VFP 6.0 and attempt to open a dBASE table with a memo field. I manage to avoid the prompt asking if I want to convert the table. I then get a prompt that says "Remove dBASE 'soft' carraige returns from memos?"
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>>I desparately need to avoid getting this prompt. I don't care if the 'soft' carraige returns are removed or not, just skip the question!
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>>Any suggestions?