Hi Ashley,

It's a bit clunky but you could use the InputBox() function. If you want something a bit more professional looking, you could put a timer on the form.

Regards,

Liam

>Hi,
>
>I'm in the process of converting a DOS FP app to VFP7.
>I have a simple, modal form that has one textbox for user input.
>I would like to have it timeout after 30 seconds and close the form.
>How do I do a READ TIMEOUT 30 for input to this textbox?
>
>TIA