Thanks to all who responded to my problem with closing MIAW's. using a bolean value to close the window from the stage was successful. John Sproul Vision Technologies Group [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]