i have a form wich has a treeview in it, if i run it from the command window i can use the mousedown method of the control regardless of the form tyoe (modal or not) but if i call it from another form it runs ok only if the form is not modal, if it is modal, i cannot use the mouse down to display a menu, what sholud i do, what else does a modal tyoe besides of not allowing using or accesing forms outside the form?