Bruce,
Be sure you don't have the original form set to Modal. That will keep it on top of any other windows. But Grids are a better way to go as you have a great deal more control. You can pop a grid up in a container right on the original form. When the user chooses a record (or clicks off the container) then make the container Visible=.F. and the user is right back to the original form.

HTH
Barbara

>To All:
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>I wanted to add a lookup window to a form of mine, so I created a lookup button and attached code to open a browse window which the user could use to select the record so I could return its value.
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>Except that the form hid the browse window and wouldn't let it refresh. Like I would have to somehow make the form go into the background and make the browse window go into the foreground.
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>So how do you do this?
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>Thanks
>Bruce Strom