>>To quit this "loop", use CLEAR EVENTS somewhere, for instance, from the menu item "File | Quit" in your menu.
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>Actually, that is where it will not exit the read events. I have an exit button on the form and I have clear events followed by a release thisform, but stepping through the code, when it hits the release thisform after the clear events, it rolls to my form.activate and stays at the read events and loops. Why would the clear events before the form release prevent this from occuring?
No idea.
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