>I have a form that has labels added to it in code for
>display. It has a command group of six buttons which
>may or may not display all of them. The form adjusts
>itself according to the width of the buttons or the
>labels. All of this is done in code and not in the
>form. Just before the .Show() statement, a .SetFocus()
>command is issued to one of the visible buttons in the
>command group. Each button has a THISFORM.Release()
>statement in it's .Click method. When the form is
>showned, it takes 2 clicks before it is released. I've
>noticed during testing that the .SetFocus() method seems
>to make the form show. The form is modal as defined, but if you make it modeless and then issue the .Show(1)
>command, I get the error message that you "cannot change
>the modality of a visible form." Something is making the form show twice? I've tried 2 .Release statements in the buttons .Click methods to no avail. Can someone tell me why I need 2 clicks to release this form?

it seems from the description that the first click only gets the focus to the command buttons/form and the second fires the command
does the command visually click on the first mouse click?


Arnon