Now I read your comment. Sorry John, this is what you are referring to. But if the form can't be set to modal, how come it runs without a 'read events'?

David

>>Normally, you need to set the top-level form to modal, then you don't need the 'read events'.
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>Note that a TL cannot be Modal, no matter what the property says - that's a bug that it doesn't become disabled for ShowWindow = 2.