Is there such thing as a univeral abort command

[Mark E. Powell]

Hi Mark:  The command-period would be sufficient, however it does not work in my standalones, and I have not set any cantAbort to true.  Are you saying that command-period works in yours?  

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>Hi Mark,
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>If you set the cantAbort to false (which it is by default) you can  
>press command-period to stop all runing handlers.
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>> Maybe a very simpleton question:  Is there a universal abort  
>> command that will stop (in a standalone) any running handler?  Or  
>> must each handler that I want to be abortable have some polling?
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>> TIA
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>> Mark