>>This is kind of a kludge, so I am open for more elegant options.
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>I meant that you can make form Modal on the fly conditionally
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>IF thisform.lAddMode
>thisform.Hide()
>thisform.Show(1)
>endif
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>this works , but I am testing this now and having troubles with returning to modeless state.
>thisform.Hide()
>thisform.Show(2)

Modeless would be Show(0). I am testing this out now with some success. This has good possibilities.