Dave

I tried this and it works before I click the OK button and start processing. Once the business object takes over and the processing loop is being executed, the escape key is no longer seen.

Thanks again for your help and any additional ideas.

Kind Regards,

Mat


>I haven't tried it but I think to capture the escape key you need to override the form's ProcessDialogKey method
>
>

>protected override bool ProcessDialogKey(System.Windows.Forms.Keys keyData)
>{
>    System.Windows.Forms.Keys key = keyData;
>    if(key == System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Escape)
>    {
>           // tell the business object to cancel here.
>           // may have to have some thread synchronization
>           // logic (locks) on the business object
>           // if its running on another thread.
>    }
>}
>

>
>HTH,
>Dave
>
>>The progress bar is registered as a listner, but I am not sure how to register the form as a listner and then test for the escape key.
>>