>What is the best way to pause program execution in VFP?
AFAIK, there is no built-in method for the end-user (like the Pause key in DOS). You can pause in several ways: with a WAIT WINDOW, with INKEY() (read the help for options), with a READ ... TIMEOUT, and calling the API function Sleep().
Which would be the best? I am not sure, and it may depend on your circumstances. But I guess that Sleep() would inform Windows that no CPU cycles should be alloted to your application (during the specified interval), thus making more time available for other applications.
HTH, Hilmar.
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