>In my application i have a top level form, is a small form, i have a search form.
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>what i want is that when i call the search form, the users has close the search form to return a value.
>any ideas?
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>what i want to avoid is the VFP Form, i don't want to show the vfp form

You can call a modal form from a top-level form. Set the modal form's Desktop property to .T. That way the form can be displayed outside the bounds of the calling form.