>Hi Craig
>
>Yes my main form was set to modal so I changed it and tested but the same thing is happening. It seems that when I close the
>popup dialog (just another modal form) and return a value from it to the detail screen and assign it to the grid's text.value it does
>show in the grid as I would expect but then focus appears to go to the summary screen which is behind the detail form. Maybe
>I should release the summary form when the detail form comes up.
>
>Don


Instead of releasing it, you could try to hide it.