>>That was the first thing I tried, it doesn't work. I have VB6, an MDI form with several child ones open, and .Show doesn't bring the wanted form to the top. In fact, it doesn't do anything. I have the MDIchild property set to true in all forms that display within the MDI parent, except the ones I want to appear modal. Unless there's some other property I'm missing.
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>Put this in each of your child forms:
>Private Sub Form_Activate()
> Me.ZOrder 0
>End Sub
>
>This command forces the form to appear on top.

Thanks! works like a charm. You've got to bear with me, I'm still a newbie to VB development.