>set exclusive off
>set lock on
>set multilocks on
>set refresh to 5
>set reprocess to 15 seconds
>=MESSAGEbox('before form')
>do form test1rskexp2 [modal form]
>=MESSAGEbox('after form')
>read events
>=MESSAGEbox('after read events')
>CLEAR events
>
>close all
>close databases ALL
> >quit
>
>This is the main.prg [set main] - when converted into an EXE it runs and displays the first two messages, but nothing else displays, program is listed as still runnning -- CTRL+ALT+DEL cancels the program, but then that changes to 'Visual FoxPro' in the task list, and that has to be CTRL+ALT+DELeted.

This will work:
* Code for the main.prg
set exclusive off
set lock on
set multilocks on
set refresh to 5
set reprocess to 15 seconds
_Screen.Show()
=MESSAGEbox('before form')
do form test.scx
READ EVENTS
=MESSAGEbox('after form')
=MESSAGEbox('after read events')

close all
close databases ALL

quit

Then put a CLEAR EVENTS command in the destroy method of the form.

You need to make the Main FoxPro screen visible. That's what the _Screen.Show() call does. Take the CLEAR EVENTS and put it in the destroy method of the form, so the program will wait for events until you close the form.

HTH