>>Hi All,
>>
>>I have a modal form with an ActiveX control on it, this form is modal.
>>On this form I also have a button which calls another form using "DO FORM...".
>>
>>The second form is not modal, but it behaves like a modal form as it was called from a modal form, this is normal. The problem is when the second form is closed
>>and you return to the first form, the ActiveX control stops responding to mouse
>>input.
>>
>>SO far I have found 2 ways to stop this:
>>
>>1. Specify the second form to be modal on its property sheet.
>>2. Make the ActiveX control invisible before calling the other form and then making it visible when the other form is closed.
>>
>>Both of these workarounds are unacceptable as the second form is called from other locations where it can't be modal, and making the control invisible looks very bad.
>>
>>So far I have found this on the following controls in VFP 6 & 7:
>>1. "MSComCtlLib.ListViewCtrl.2"
>>2. "MSComCtlLib.Slider.2"
>>
>>The only remotely similar thing on could find at Microsoft is this which does not apply at all.
>>
>>Does anybody have any ideas on this problem?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Chris Ormerod
>
>Activex are always a problem :(
>This workaround is not smart but works :
>
>thisform.Hide
>thisform.Show(2) && Make this modeless
>do form Other name oDummy
>oDummy.Hide
>oDummy.Show(1) && Make it modal
>thisform.Hide
>thisform.Show(1) && Back to modal
>
>On a fast computer like mine what happens is almost gone unnoticable.
>Cetin

This one is shorter :

do form dummy name oDummy
oDummy.Hide
oDummy.Show(1)
thisform.Hide
thisform.Show

Cetin