You might put a messagebox or something right before the set step on just to be sure the code is actually executing (you might also turn off the error handler at that point too, just in case some error is occurring and your error handler is causing this strange behavior).

>I never had this problem before.
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>I've got a bug that is happening in VFP7 but not VFP6. So, of course, I am trying to debug this in VFP7. But execution just breezes right by my SET STEP ON statement.
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>I've been able to force it on by creating a shell program to call my main program and beginning SET STEP ON in the shell. A royal PITA to step though all that preliminary code as you might imagine.
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>Anyone else seen this?
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>Peter