>This may be related to the event sequence. The Show runs before the form is visible and perhaps calling release form in there does not release the fomr because the form isn't actually visible yet. One thing to try would be to put code in the first control's (the one that gets focus on form instantiation) GotFocus to call a fomr method that checks the lAutoRun property and if necessary calls the form's release method.

Excellent call. I added a timer to enable when auto-running, and voila!

Thanks Jim - you're always a great resource.