John

Download the exitfox.exe sample from Microsoft Software Library. It might be here on the UT too but I cannot remember where I downloaded it. It describes the "Cannot Quit Visual FoxPro" error message which will be useful for you.

Have you got an ON SHUTDOWN program setup? Perhaps this is causing additional errors which, if so, would again call your ON ERROR handler in a loop unless you disable the error handler.

Also, you should check out the CLEAR EVENTS command which will clear any active READ EVENTS which is a common cause of VFP apps not exiting.

Lastly I found the following API function which will also exit your app - but be warned that using this will mean no nice cleanup (so not recommended)!

DECLARE ExitThread in Win32API
ExitThread()


>Like most applications, I begin with a prg that displays a splash screen, sets up the environment, opens the database, checks the user's permissions, and finally calls the menu.
>
>Before the database is opened, I issue the following command:
> on error do GiveUp
> open database MyData shared
>
> *------------------------------------------------
> procedure GiveUp
>
> =MessageBox("Helpful Hints ...")
> close all
> clear all
> quit
> cancel
> return
>
>All I want to do is to display a message and terminate.When the database cannot be opened, the messagebox does appear but, the application continues to run and produce error after error. Also, making this a function and returning .F. won't work either.
>
>Is it possible to force the termination of an application. If so. How?