>>>>What if you move this to Topform.Activate event?
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>>>Thanks Ed, this worked perfectly. Is the reason it wasn't working in the .Init(), because at that point the TopLevelForm doesn't actually exist yet?
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>You have to take care with code in Activate Event. This events is executed each time the form is activated. I mean you have to be carefully when you call another form from this one. For Example a Messagebox, when you close the messagebox Activate Event is fired again.

True. I handle this by having a custom property called mlFirstActivate=.T. In .Activate() event I would have:

IF ThisForm.mlFirstActivate
     ThisForm.mlFirstActivate=.F.
     
     .....stuff I want to occur.....

ENDIF