>>Short version of this question... does any form operating in ShowWindow 1 -In Top-Level Form become modeless by default?
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>>My program calls the mail form as a modeless form as a Top-Level form. Screen = Off With the requisite Read Events, the form calls other forms. I have designated several as Modal forms with the ShowWindow 1 - In Top-Level form. Can a form actually be Modal In Top-Level form? I have several instances of forms opened in sequence as Modal from a prior Modal form. Just recently I have one form that seems to be acting as a Modeless form, executing code that Selects an alias not consistent with its place in the stack. When I Set Step On, it executes in sequence, but without the Set Step On, it has Selected the wrong alias for its place in the code. Thanks. dg
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>I re-read your message and I think you have something else going on:
>Does the second modal form get called by the INIT of another modal form? I once had this problem and in fact using debugging it did work, but not in runtime. I solved it with a timer.

Main form.ShowWindow = 2 As Top-Level... yes always modeless

Form 1 called from Main form (not init, because it would never be called as the form does not yet exist) form.ShowWindow=1 In Top-Level Form is Modal and this is where the problem exists. The problem is there is a Select (Alias) that is being called by code somewhere on the form that is causing a code error because it has the wrong table selected. I cannot find the code that is changing the Select(Alias) and when I insert Set Step On it never executes the change of Select(Alias) but does so in real time.

Can this second form In Top-Level form be modal?