Peter,
Try:

SQLSETPROP(0, 'DispLogin', 3)      && prevent ODBC login dialog if we cannot connect
SQLSETPROP(0, 'DispWarnings', .f.) && prevent ODBC error messages

HTH
>If a lnHandle=SQLCONNECT("SomeDB") fails, the SQL Server ODBC driver pops up a nice little screen, giving the ability to retry.
>
>Very cute, but in a huge installation with 100+ servers running some VFP-program unattended, this is not very practical, because the program in effect stops, and nobody'll notice it.
>
>I'd like to handle this situation by simply writing the errror info obtained with AERROR() into the event log and gracefully exit the application.