>This all works fine, but the timing is wrong. Everything flashes by, leaving the character talking on
>the original form. How can I force foxpro to wait until the msagent has finished speaking before closing
>the new form.
>

>loAgent = thisform.Agent.Characters(JUSTSTEM(thisform.agent.Comment))
>WITH loAgent
*!* .speak("The folks at Elizabeth Carbide have asked me to guide you along the path to organization.")	
    loRequest = .Speak("The folks at Elizabeth Carbide have asked me to guide you along the path to organization.")	
    DO WHILE loRequest.Status = 4
        DOEVENTS
    ENDdo
>endwith
>
>thisform.ostatemanager.closeform('tool.scx')
>thisform.Show()

The above is untested, but should get you moving in the right direction.