Hi Bill! I can't surf the Web now, can I ask you about short description of this article?? I've found my way to get off this problem, but interested in another solutions... * Beggars cannot be choosers >In relation to the enable/disable pads and bars issue on Top Level (SDI) >forms, you may want to check out document Q171570 on MS KB. >>I've a global variable called glModalMode and set this variable