Sylvain,

I suspect it might be a timing issue and the WITH. It is basically holding a reference to the form. You might try fully qualified references instead:

if ( _screen.ActiveForm.QueryUnload() )
   _screen.ActiveForm.Release()
else

If that doesn't work maybe try _screen.Forms[] collection instead.

>Could someone please explain why this code work inside VFP and not from a EXE?
>
>This code is from the File|Exit menu to close all open forms before quitting the application. For a reason I can't catch, it will loop indefinitly, refusing to release the form. There's no message and the Release() method is called (I placed a WAIT WINDOW inside the IF to check it).
>
>I'm using VFP 5.0
>
>

llExitOK = .T.
>
>DO WHILE llExitOK AND (Type("_Screen.ActiveForm") = "O")
>	WITH _Screen.ActiveForm
>		IF .QueryUnload()
>			.Release()
>		ELSE
>			llExitOK = .F.
>		ENDIF
>	ENDWITH
>ENDDO

>
>TIA