Hi Mike,

It's a paradigm issue, not a technical one, and I wouldn't call you stupid. In Windows standards, modal forms are not supposed to launch any other dialogs. Now, they can, and I can think of several instances where MS breaks this rule themselves, but this does not mean it's proper.

>Sorry, I'm somewhat stupid, but WHY is it a bad Idea for a Modal form to call a Modal form?
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>We've discovered that ANY form called by a Modal form is Modal, even if the called form was already instantiated and made active by a "Forms Manager". The previously Modeless form has to be closed in order to get back up the chain of calling forms.
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>Our designers are asking for things that I find somewhat problamatic, but without insight into potential technical issues, I don't have a leg to stand on.
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>TIA