>I have used the VFP 5.0 wizard to create an "application frame only." I would like to completely hide the Foxpro screen, so I thought I would create my main form as a top-level form. I am having problems getting the Shutdown to work right. When I close the form the application object doesn't get released, and if I put a QUIT in the Unload event of the form (which would call the application object's OnShutdown) I get a message about can't clear object in use. I can leave out the clear all but then the application is still active in memory. What am I missing?

In addition to what John says, I can add:

1) There is no such thing as ON SHUTDOWN or QUIT for a top-level, since those are only relevant to the main vfp screen.

2) I usually close a TL with at least these two lines of code in the TL Queryunload:

Thisform.Release
Clear Events

If you have Exit from form, menu, or toolbar, you can just call the TL Queryunload to do the closing business, and maybe have other code to decide if closing is okay, and clean a few other things up there, as well...