>>The method returns an XMLDOMNodeList object without an error. After that, I'm issuing a CLEAR ALL and RELEASE ALL and then the program is done. Is there anything I need to explicity close with regards to the SOAP client?
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>For curiosity, could you try to put NULL in the value of your Web Service object? I would also make sure you have the latest version of SOAP and related.

I believe I've found the problem and I think it's related to the debugger. Once I removed the SET STEP ON from my code, I was able to exit VFP normally. It's when I'm stepping through code with the debugger that the problem seems to happen.

Jon