Thanks Terry I will give it a try.
Rex
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>A trick I use (and may have learned on this board) is activate the form I want on top and set focus to one of its controls.
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MyOtherForm.Activate
>MyOtherForm.MyTextBox.Setfocus
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Rex Toomey
ISD Port Macquarie NSW
Australia
'Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.'