John:
I use DoEvent() in the method that changes the text inside the Memo field. This works except for 1 situation. I have a do while .T. loop checking the return status code of a process that is running as a thread. I had to use a timer here that fires every 500 ms and use inkey(1). This stupid ActiveX control has a method called ShutDown() that suppossedly attempts to halt all backround thread(s). that's right, it attempts, but doesn't succeed. Too bad I don't have a choice whether to use it. It written by the company that manufactures our hand-held computers. I asked them questions 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for answers. Nothing like empirical testing!!!!!

BTW, I don't know if you saw my question regarding lharc and NT 4.0 SP4 or not. That's another kettle of fish that makes no sense.

Thanks and congrats on your Advisor post.