Global or local methods, as well as command sequences, can be associated with the events at startup (On startup) and shutdown (About to shut down) of an application. To access these events, click the Events node in the application tree.

A method run at a shutdown event can, for example, automatically save critical data or prompt the user to save data. In addition, a method run at a shutdown event may cancel the shutdown by returning a Boolean true value.

Methods used for an On startup event cannot utilize Application Builder functionality related to graphics or user interfaces. This is due to the fact that an On startup event is run before the full application user interface is loaded. For example, a method that is used for initializing graphics, such as Zoom Extents, needs to be run as an On load event for a form and not as a global On startup event. Another example is showing a dialog using a built-in method such as confirm. In this case, no dialog will be shown and the operation will simply be ignored.