>>>Hi Peter,
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>>>>The main form will come on top if the second form is an As-Top-Level-Form and if both have Desktop=False. This is almost okay, but I'd like to have the second form to be a child, for in that case the user can minimize both with one click on the minimize button of the main form.
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>>>You can put code in the Resize event of the main form and set the child form's WindowState property to 1 (minimized)
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>>That's not my idea of a good GUI.
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>Hi Peter,
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>What I do is have a form manager class do this behavior for me (that of minimized the 'child' forms if the main form is minimized). Kindly enlighten me if this is not a good idea for a good GUI. Thanks.

Hi Dennis,

About your first reply: I thought you adviced to minimize the second form whenever the first form would regain focus. Now I understand that you suggest to minimize it whenever the first form is minimized. It's exactly that behavior that I regard to be good GUI, although it implies that there are entries in the taskbar for each form, which may be too much for some of us.

Initially I wrote: But how about the situation that the first form is not minimized?! As it is now, the first form won't get ON TOP.
Now, after having reflected on Cetin's reply, I'd like to change it to: Good idea to write code that will also minimize other top-level forms if the base top-level form is minimized. Thanks for the tip!