>>Bruce, first I used my current form, removing everything, leaving just the exit button. I removed everything other than settings from the prg file, under vfp it still ran and stopped until exit was clicked. I compiled it, closed vfp and ran the exe - it still ran perfectly.
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>I see what's going on now, from the AutoRelease -you're using a *formset*. I don't use those any longer, so can't say what rules apply. Normal rules get blurred with the extra layer of a formset, though, so that probably explains the behavior (more-or-less :)

Yes, the only way I could get it to stay 'modal' was to use a formset!

>Anyway, some things may not still work correctly without a READ EVENTS, so they're still recommended as a SOP in your main PRG.

Having changed to SOP in my main PRG, I'm finding some things work differently. For example, some actions that used to trigger the PAGE.ACTIVATE event no longer do so and I have had to relocate some of my code. Otherwise it seems to be working fine. Oh, and the modeless overlay 'Please Wait' window I was using in a few situations now works perfectly.

Thanks for your perserverance.

David