>>Curious about the total differences between method execution of parent - child forms as opposed to 2 top level forms ...
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>I don't understand the question or doubt.
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>Maybe another misconception but it's my understanding that when you have a top level form and a child form (set within top level form) executes and you trace that code execution follows all events in the child till it's exit then returns to the line following in the parents method that originally executed the child..

If what you really want is a child form, you probably want it to be modal, that is, to stop interaction with other forms until you dismiss it.

If you don't want it to be modal, what makes it a child form?

Tamar