>Shane:
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>I'm working on an SDI application and I tried to recreate your problem without sucess. With a top-level form showing and the main window hidden, I put up a modal form with the show window property set to 'In-top-level' and everything works as expected.
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>Charlie

It happens when you also hide the top-level form. I think this is necessary because a Form or menu or something must be visible to show in the task bar. I changed the code to leave the Top level menu screen visible and everything works. Poor design on our part, but you live and learn.

Shane