Joe,

>When I release my top-level form (that has a menu) all the controls
>on the form shift up when the menu disappears (it obviously is destroyed
>first) then the form releases.
>
>Is there a way to make the controls stay in place so the form just
>disappears. It's not a huge problem, it just doesn't look good.

does putting THISFORM.Hide() at the the beginning of the Destroy() event method help? This may also cause the form to disappear quicker.

Armin