Fred,

I put it in the unload, so the form won't close until I click the close button. Even when I have no clear events whatsover, the application still exits, but the process remains alive

Thanks

This works from within VFP..

>>Help - I know I've done this countless times before.. but.
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>>I have the simplest program:
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>>*simpleform.prg
>>do form simpleform
>>read events
>>
>>compile the exe
>>from command window
>>do simpleform.exe - works
>>the only thing in simpleform, at all, is clear events in the unload.
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>>** this works fine
>>but when I run it from the command line, the program exits, but, the process simpleform.exe is still active under processes in task manager (the application is gone)
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>>I have to kill the process to get rid of it.
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>>What am I doing wrong?
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>Sounds like you just closed your form so you're stuck at the READ EVENTS line of code. You need to issue a CLEAR EVENTS at wherever it is you are closing your form.
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>It may be as simple as adding the CLEAR EVENTS to your Form.Destroy method.