Insure

_VFP.Autoyield = .T.

prior to running that section of code.

>No, it does not help.
>
>>

>>KEYBOARD "hello"
>>DOEVENTS
>>WAIT WINDOW "hello"
>>

>>
>>>Looks like this always works in revert order:
>>>
>>>

>>>KEYBOARD "hello"
>>>WAIT WINDOW "hello"
>>>

>>>
>>>What should be done to delay the second line execution until keyboard is completed?