JimB

I added doevents without any if conditions but still would not work.
BTW this is event tracking output
32060.231, MouseMove 00000200 ( 175, 352) 00000000 Command
32060.232, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 1) 27 0
32060.238, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 1) 27 0
32060.244, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 1) 27 0
32060.248, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 338) 45 0
32060.271, MouseMove 00000200 ( 175, 352) 00000000 Command
32060.272, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 1) 27 0
32060.277, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 338) 45 0
32060.297, MouseMove 00000200 ( 175, 352) 00000000 Command
32060.297, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 1) 27 0
32060.303, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 338) 45 0
32060.324, MouseMove 00000200 ( 175, 352) 00000000 Command
32060.324, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 1) 27 0
32060.330, KeyPress 00000100 ( 1, 338) 45 0
32060.350, MouseMove 00000200 ( 175, 352) 00000000 Command

I believe those keypress events r for INS and ESC but my program ignores them !!