when I try calling it from outside the constructor, it won't close. What I'm going to try doing is A), create the window in a new background thread and have the foreground thread close it in 3 seconds or B)have the constructor of the new form take a variable.... incomplete thought as of now, will try A) 1st =) ------ The background worker thread method worked __gc class heh: public Form { public: heh() { Size = System::Drawing::Size(300,300); Text = "I Should be gone soon"; } }; __gc class test: public Form { heh* mm; void popup(){ mm->ShowDialog(); } public: test() { Text = "Base Form"; mm = new heh(); Thread* worker = new Thread(new ThreadStart(this, &test::popup)); worker->IsBackground = true; worker->Start(); Thread::Sleep(100); mm->Close(); worker->Abort(); } }; -------------------------- One problem with the programmer's mentality is insecurity. This goes deep. An insulting college litany says that failed mathematicians become computer programmers. They are also ridiculed for being nerdy losers, for being too fat or too skinny, and for having few social skills. Most programmers can be spotted easily in a crowd. Nobody really wants to hang out with them. Put thousands of these people in one company and if you can get them to work, you become a billiona
