>>>I HAVE ISSUED A READ EVENT ON THE LINE IN A PRG IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING A "DO FORM GETNAME" AND ALTHOUGH THE FORM WORKS PERFECT AT THE COMMAND WINDOW, IT FLASHES BRIEFLY IN THE PRG AND NEVER IS ALLOWED TO EXECUTE PROPERLY. ANY HELP APPRECIATED!
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>>Two polite ideas:
>>1. Use READ EVENTS after DO FORM.
>>2. Don't use UPPER() when you post a question on UT.
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>Sorry about the upper(). I took your advice it did something.
>The form no longer gets ignored but the program itself does not continue after the form executes but seems to be hung up.

you have to issue clear events, after read events to terminate the program.