Since everything appears to be the same, I just sent youa copy of the files that worked me. Check them out if you want and let me know if they work for you.

HTH.

>Larry - Appreciate you hanging in there with me
>I am using VFP7 SP4
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>I reduced my application to a top level form and a top level menu named toplevel.mpr and one modal form which is configured as 1 - in top level.
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>In the init of the toplevel form I have the following code
> application.visible = .f.
> do toplevel.mpr with this,.t.
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>In the menu I have one menu item which calls the modal form.
>In the skip for field in the option dialog I have _screen.activeform.windowstate = 1
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>When the form instaniates I get the error message "activeform is not an object.
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>If I move the 'do toplevel.mpr with this,.t.' to the activate code I do not get the error message.
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>Seem like we have the same thing - your works mine doesn't. The only thing different is application.visible = .f. Could that be the problem?
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