Pascal,
Your assumption sounds correct. Are you saying that you can activate another form while the modal form is active?

(P.S. You're not programatically changing properties like WindowType or programatically calling the Show Method, are you?)

Mark

>Hi All,
>
>I have a modeless form that calls a modal form.
>
>I was assuming that the potential users would not be able to
>access any of the other opened forms or the menu until they
>actually get out of the modal child form.
>
>Seems not to be the case.
>
>Anybody can tell me what is wrong with my approach?
>
>
>TIA
>
>Pascal