>scenario:
>If a form is still loading, the user clicked the 'X' of the _SCREEN object.
>
>Effect:
>Abnormal termination of the application which forces to execute the ON SHUTDOWN DO exitprogram routine. The form being opened will not continue loading which gives error: object not found blah...blah...

Huh? When my forms load, I can't click anything in the application. IOW< you can't close VFP in the interim, you don't have a usable mouse pointer. I've never seen a VFP application where this wasn't true.

I am surprised that the others in this thread seem to confirm the behavior you report.

Do you have a DOEVENTS somewhere in your form startup code?