>>>How about to set focus on some control in Child form?
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>>As I said, I tried that and the parent form is still the active form afterward.
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>Sorry, my mistake. I missed that part.
>How about to HIDE() parent form?

It might do the trick, but I need both forms to be visible. Just a question of which one is active.

>Or did Child form Activate event fired.

That's a good question. I should test again and see whether/when either of the things I tried results in Activate firing. Hmm, and it occurs to me that I might try MOUSE CLICK.

Tamar