>is it possible to control from VFP whether or not keyboard autorepeat is on/off?
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>if not directly from VFP, what api would i use ?

There is article Keyboard Class: From Windows API Chaos to VBA Class Module Calm at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/periodic/period97/kg_keybd.htm
You'll have to translate code from VB to FoxPro.