Parent/Child Forms

[jaded_angel]

hi. i have a mdi form with a list box. menu and toolbar on it.i want to open a child form to cover go below the toolbar and cover the list box below. However when i load it, it ends up behind the listbox and if i send the listbox back, when i close the child form the listbox is nowhere to be found what should i do??

[Dave Kreskowiak]

This is happening because the child forms are rendered inside another control, called MdiClient, IIRC. Your missing ListView is sitting behind that MdiClient control, which is docked inside the entire client area of the MdiParent form. Basically, what you isn't really possible without tracking if there are any child windows open. What you're going to have to do is send the ListView control to the back when there are child windows open. Then, when the number of child windows falls to 0, bring the ListView to the front. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic