>I have a modeless form displaying data in a grid. It has a top menu bar with File, Edit, Tools, etc.
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>I'd like the form to be modal - but this deactivates the top menu. Possibly a rather fundamental Read Events level question? But very grateful for suggestions ... Thanks in advance.

How I do it:
I instantiate a toolbar in the form itself (show it in the form) which will work for a modal form and also for a top level form.
The toolbar has to be instantiated in the activate event of the form.