>no. what is it for?

READ EVENTS serves as a wait point; it allows your VFP application for UI nts rather than continuing with the linear execution of code from that point. Without a READ EVENTS, VFP completes the line of execution you started in sequence to its logical completion. When that is reached under the VFP development environment, control returns to the Command Window, so things do not shut down completely; under the runtime, though, there is no Command Window to return to - with nothing else to do, VFP shuts down.