thanks for your reply anyway , I will work around that :)
>Si, I agree, they always appear as separate forms.
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>Regards
>-Stefan
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>>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