>>>Now, that I have my top level running ok, there is one more thing that I need to know if it is normal or if I am doing something wrong.
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>>>When I have access to my top level form, it is not the frontmost form. I have to click on it to make it foremost.
>>>
>>>Is this the default behavior?
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>>This is normal behavior.
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>Any idea on making it frontmost so the focus will be on it and the cursor will appear?

There is a guy in my User Group that did this with an API call.....but....I always step back and ask, "Is this the Windows way?"

Craig