>>
>> Here's the bit: I have a form with a pageframe control
>> and several buttons outside the pageframe. If I press one of the buttons,
>> it brings up another form with a pageframe control on top of the first
>> one.
>>
>> 1) If I now try to invoke a MessageBox, I have to Hide() the second form
>> or my MessageBox doesn't appear. The speaker chimes, but no window is
>> visible, so I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del and choose Shut Down. As soon as I do
>> this, the window pops up and all is fine.
>>
>> 2) If, from the second form, I pop up a modal form, I get no cursor. If I
>> Hide() the second form, all is fine.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> TIA.
>
>Your forms are not modal, are they?
>
>Marc

Marc:

No, the forms are modeless. Only the form mentioned in 2) above is modal, as is the MessageBox, of course. The problem appears to occur whenever I try to invoke a modal form on top of a screen containing two modeless forms.

Any ideas? Thanks for kicking in . . . .

John