>The READ EVENTS, in effect, turns the editing process into a modal process - in other words, I
>can't do anything else until I exit the form editing process (including not being able to bring
>up the command window).
>
>The point of the NOWAIT keyword in MODI FORM is to prevent just this restriction. <s>

Oh, ok: I had ASSuMEd that you had a READ EVENTS elsewhere in the application, and this was meant to duplicate that.