>>The issue I'm having is this:
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>>Prior to clicking the command button, if the current focus is on either a grid or a couple of other controls on this page, the pop-up form shows up just fine and everything works. If, however, the focus is just on the page itself or on a spinner control on the page, then the form gets shown but it appears underneath the original form and I cannot do anything with it. It doesn't respond to any events.
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>>Any ideas?
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>>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.
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>Jon

Did you try to programmatically set focus to any of the controls? BTW, Marcia's idea was to put this code in the form you're calling (the pop up form) as I understood her.