>>Is there an elegant way to show the entire modal form?
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>Bill,
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>All you have to do is to make your modal form a top-level form as well. That is, if you don't mind seeing another button at the bottom of your screen.
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>Dave :-)

That's what I wanted to do all along, but unfortunately, making it a top level form doesn't always bring it on top. I kept having the form appear under all the other forms on the screen.
I finally ended up making it a top-level form and also set "AlwaysOnTop=.T." and the method() that calls it:
do form myForm
myForm.AlwaysOnTop = .f.

That way it shows up on top, but then can be moved under if the user wants.