>This seems to blank out the screen, then display the dialog form.

Why? Unless you RELEASE the form or you issued CLEAR EVENTS.

>Are there property settings to ensure that the dialog form simply "pops-up" on top of the screen it's called from and then just as simply goes away after the input has been accepted?

Yes. Set your dialog form's WindowType and ShowWindow properties to 1. In the valid event of the input control, simply RELEASE the form.

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>>You should be using a dialog form ( set as modal form ) that returns 1 or 2. Evaluate the return value afterwards i.e. if 1 - add record, 2 - do anything.
>>At the click event of the button:
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>>nRetVal = 0
>>Do DialogForm To nRetVal
>>If nRetVal = 1
>> ** Add new record
>>Else
>> ** do whatsoever
>>Endif
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>>>When I try to call a confirm form from the INIT of the Evaluation form (it is used to determine whether the user wishes to add a new record if none exists) it will either display in the Main form (behind the others), or in the Edit form (still behind the Evaluation form).
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