>>Try putting this in the Activate of your modal form:
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>>Thisform.AlwaysOnTop = .T.
>>Thisform.AlwaysOnTop = .F.
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>Marcia,
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>I tried putting this code in the Activate of the main modal form. Unfortunately, the behavior is basically the same as stated in the OP, but now the pop-up form will always appear on top, regardless of whether or not it can respond to anything.

Did you try to put code into the pop-up form?