>I thanks for the tip, i added a lot of patches to
>vfp, so i deleted the vfp300.esl file and
>reinstalled it, know though it builds the .exe
>file, executes by bringing up the menu bar, but
>just as it gets to the menu screen, it cuts out on
>me, is it my coding? or did i forget to do
>something??
>thanks again for all you help!

try adding READ EVENTS to the main program

Arnon