no, i meant they appears like different applications
>>thanks i made it working :) it was the showWindow property wrong set.
>You're welcome.
>
>>Now I have this other problem :
>>I have the first form set properly to work with transaprency, when it calls another form it should encrease its transparency and it works...but how should i set the second form that should appear on the top with no transparency and possibly on the same screen of the first one ?
>
>Do you mean on the same screen with dual-monitor hardware?
>When the first opens a second form, how about telling the second one how to behave - either via parameters and let secondForm act on its own.
>Or by controlling it from inside the firstForm's code, e.g.
>

>This.oSecondForm = CreateObject('formClass')
>If VarType(This.oSecondForm) = 'O'
>    This.oSecondForm.Move(Thisform.Left+50,Thisform.Top+50)
>Endif
>

>
>As for the dynamic transparency issue -
>if all forms are based on the same transparentForm class, I'd probably try to switch transparency automatically in transparentForm.Activate() and .DeActivate().
>
>
>hth
>-Stefan