>>I have a VFP 5.0 application using only top level forms with SCREEN set to off. I have a top level, modeless form, Form1, with a menu instantiated in it. From the menu I call a top level, modal form, Form2. From Form2 I can call a third top level, modal form, Form3, from one of two buttons. One button calls Form3 to insert a new record into a table after the user has entered data. The second button calls Form3 to edit existing data in the table. The only difference in the call is in setup code in the INIT of Form3. When Form3 is called to edit data everything looks fine. When Form3 is called to insert a new record, Form3 appears briefly, then Form2 regains the focus over Form3. I thought a modal form retained focus until released or until it spawned another modal form. All forms have ALWAYSONTOP set to .F.. What am I missing here?
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill
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>It's just a suggestion: put Thisform.show() into Form3.Activate event. I know, it looks stupid, but I really saw situations where it worked.

Hi Edward,

Thanks. I will give that a try. But, as always, I would like to know what is happening and why, lest I be "bit" by it in some other form in the future.

Bill