>>>Pete
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>>Try 'RELEASE Thisform'
>
>Ed,
>    I tried just removing the 'READ EVENTS' command from my 'Main.prg' and it continues to operate, although not quite the way I expected. I was under the impression that I had to have a 'READ EVENTS' to anything to work in vfp. Obviously I have been slightly misled. Could you please shed some light on onewho is in the dark?
>Thanks,
>Pete

READ EVENTS is necessity when you run Executable.