Thomas, what do you mean by "offscreen forms". Are these one you put outside of the dimension of your monitor?

>>Is there anyway to not actually have a form appear (I don't want the user to see the form at all), yet have my program select a control on that form?
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>>AFAIK. this is not possible. Once a control on the form gets focus, the form becomes visible...
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>not certain about invisible forms, but offscreen forms should pose no problem