>Vlad,
>
>I will try DOEVENTS, but I am not using READ EVENTS or CLEAR EVENTS. Does that matter?
>

No, this does not matter. DOEVENTS is not related to mentioned two commands.

>My .prg that runs the form is as follows.
>

>DO WHILE PROC <> "QUIT"
>   DO FORM dialersrch
>ENDDO
>RETURN
>

>
>And then to exit the application I do the following in my Exit button.
>

>USE IN dialrfrm
>USE IN dialer
>RELEASE acompany
>RELEASE dialr
>PROC="QUIT"
>THISFORM.Release
>

>
>Have you ever seen anyone start and stop an application this way? The gentleman that I work with/for wants me to do it this way. I little or no choice.

Why not just make that form modal and disallow exit it by other way than by closing main VFP window or by the functionality on the form thatc ause closing? Why you need to re-initialize it each time?