>To make sure the forms correct toolbar is displayed when the form is activated, my methods look like:
>
>

*Form.Activate
>wait window 'activate1'
>if type('This.oToolBar.Visible')='L'
>	wait window 'activate2'
>	This.oToolBar.Visible = .T.
>endif
>
>and
>
>*Form.DeActivate
>wait window 'deactivate1'
>if type('This.oToolBar.Visible')='L'
>	wait window 'deactivate2'
>	This.oToolBar.Visible = .F.
>endif

Part of my question is, when you click on a for in the background, the newly clicked forms activate fires before the deactivate of the old form, right? How can 2 forms be active at once?
>
>Anyway, when I start the form the wat window sequence looks like:
>
>activate1
>activate2
>
>Then, when open another instance of the form, I see:
>
>activate1
>activate2
>deactivate2
>
>and never see "deactivate1"! Does anybody know why?

Just a guess, but the WAIT WINDOWs might be interfering with the event sequencing. You might want to run the test using DEBUG OUT or something similar.

Bill