>Same formset; main form is list of cases with officers & beats. click on teh filter button; and the filter form pops up (part of the formset) and then can select filters to display. However, leaving that form up and clicking back on the main case list form; the activate event fires; then the deactivate event (of the main form) and focus returns to the filter form. Why? it's not a modal form. And how do i stop this from happening?
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>I want the filter form to be visible while there is a filter in effect; and if the filter window is closed; then the filters removed.
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>In teh activate even I put "thisformset.frmFilter.visible=.f." and the focus problem went away (obviously as there wasn't another form to recieve focus) but that doesn't solve my problem...

Not sure exactly what's happening here, but with a formset you can use Show & Hide for the member forms. You can alse create formset property flags to dictate when the Activates are fired, if this is any help. I have to get going right now, though...