Funny, when one runs application.exit, it seems the application should   
   exit.  Thanks to the folks at M$, it does not.   
      
   I found the dotnet groups.  Thanks for the pointer.  Will ask there.   
      
   Mike   
      
   On 01 Feb 2008 19:50:50 GMT, in comp.lang.visual.basic "Auric__"   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   >   
   >--   
   >- Is it some kind of toy?   
   >- Ring-Around-the-Apocaplypse, maybe.   
      
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