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All file handles are now closed when a LotusScript module stops executing, so Sub Terminate doesn't need a "Close" statement.

Terminate can be used for other kinds of cleanup, such as deleting temporary files, but Terminate should be kept as short as possible, because if a module times out during Initialize, Terminate is called and runs to completion. For example, if a module times out after one minute and the module's Terminate runs for two minutes, the total module will run for three minutes.

If a module is halted by control-break, Terminate runs only for a fraction of a second after the control-break, and results are unpredictable.

Halted by	Initialize()	Terminate()	File handles
Normal completion	runs to completion	runs to completion	all close
Timeout during Initialize()	stops at timeout	runs to completion	all close
Timeout during Terminate()	runs to completion	runs to completion	all close
Control-Break during Initialize()	stops at control-break	runs for its first <1 second	all close
Control-Break during Terminate()	runs to completion	continues for <1 second	all close