>>>Your forms are not modal, are they?
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>>>Marc
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>>Marc:
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>>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.
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>>Any ideas? Thanks for kicking in . . . .
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>>John
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>John,
> Just a thought, but do you have the AlwaysOnTop property set to .T. in your modeless forms?
>
>Bill

Bill and Mark,

No, the AlwaysOnTop property is .F. for both modeless forms. The second form (the visible one) contains a pageframe with a tab for expenses. The tab also contains a command button for payments. The Click() event for that button pops up a modal form for entering data into the selected record--pretty straightforward stuff. The form is visible, but I get no cursor unless I Hide() the second form before popping up the payment form.

I pop up the MessageBox for confirmation whenever the user wants to delete an expense record. It is often (but not always) invisible unless I Hide() the second form. The workaround is successful, if somewhat ugly. I just can't figure out what's going on.

Thanks to both of you for helping. Any ideas?

John