>Bill and Mark,
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>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.
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>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.
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>Thanks to both of you for helping. Any ideas?
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>John

John,

Are you running VFP 3.0 in Windows 3.1? If so, you could simply be running out of System Resources. Whenever Windows 3.1 starts to drop objects from the screen, it can mean that things are getting to be too complicated for Windows 3.1 to keep track of them. Depending on the complexity of your forms, and pageframes, etc., you could be reaching that stage. This problem can be alleviated by installing a third party System Resource manager.

Paul