>It works pretty well except for the fact that when the form is launched, it is not the active window. The user has to manually click on (or Alt-Tab to) the newly launched form. I've heard that this type of problem has been posted here many times before. Does anyone remember the solution?<s>

Set the form's AlwaysOnTop property to .T. and then turn it off in the Activate of the form, preferably in IF THIS.lFirstLoad...

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