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   Auric__ to All   
   Re: How to stop an application in the ID   
   01 Feb 08 19:50:50   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:11:31 GMT,  wrote:   
      
   > I tried me.close and application.exit.  Neither work.  Tried   
   > clicking the big red X and the form closed but the app kept running   
   > and producing debug.print output.   
      
   Step through your app and find what's still running when the form is   
   closed. Implement a way to tell it to stop doing whatever it's doing.   
      
   > How does one definitely stop an app while in the IDE?  Well, one   
   > could click the blue stop button in the IDE but that usually leaves   
   > gobs of memory unaccounted for and will cause problems after a few   
   > reps as uncollected garbage memory clogs the program space.   
   >   
   > And starting and stopping this .NET beast is really slow!   
      
   Try asking in a .net group.   
      
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