Hi Cetin

Yes V8 SP1.

One important bit of information that I didnt give you is that my main form is a pageframe1 and the button to invoke my search form is on page2!! Sorry!!

There must be some property somewhere that is causing this. I dont have this problem if I create just a form and invoke another form. But I have a few buttons on different pages of the pageframe that invoke other forms and they all work fine if I remove the autocenter property on the forms that are to bo invoked. I thought I was seeing something but Im not.

Maybe I could mail you an example project for you to see cetin?

Thanks for your help on this one, very much appreciated!