Hi Steve ---

What you can do, in the loop, is to trap MDOWN() by testing for it in the loop. If MDOWN(), test for MROW() and MCOL(). If they match the row,col coordinates for the button, you then know that the button is pressed and you can EXIT accordingly.


>I have a program running in a continous loop on purpose. I want a button on my form to act almost like "Pressing the ESC key" to interrupt the program that's in the continuous loop.
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>Is there a way to do it without getting the VFP error dialog box that says, "Cancel, Suspend, Ignore, etc." when you press the ESC key?
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>I guess I can use the CHR() with ESC character code to cause the interrupt to occur, but I don't want the VFP error that follows. Can I trap the error before it is displayed and not show it?
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>Thanks for your help in The Great ESC.
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>Your truly,
>Steve "McQueen" Kramer