Unfortunately that did not work the way I needed. When you modify a control to have the WS_POPUP style it no longer acts as a child on the form and processing of other controls does not work. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have a main form that uses AddOwnedForm to allow these forms to draw on top of the main form. The problem I am having is with a control that I created by inheriting from System.Windows.Forms.Control. When I display this control, which belongs to the main form, it will draw properly until it tries to write on top of an area occupied by an owned form. Is there a way to allow a control to draw on top of anything. I tried using SetTopLevel but that seems to turn it into a form and puts a forms border around it. I have seen the build in ComboBox control pop up its listbox over anything so I figure it must be possible. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Jay

Stan, Hmmmm.... That is what I thought. It is a shame that the consumer shops have that attitude. It is the lack of mature developers that get mosst projects into trouble and for that matter it isn't that big of a wonder why so many startups went under. I had thought about Chicago but if my parents condition does not improve it would require me to be close so the Indianapolis area is the only option. I just hate to uproot and move to a harsher job environment. I am working in the Seattle area right now and feel a little spoiled with the number of interesting opportunities. Thanks for the feedback. Jay

Stan, What's the environment like in Indiana? My parents have recently taken ill and I have been thinking about relocating to the area. Last time I was there it seemed like a lot of business applications and no one was in the consumer software end of things. It was also strange to see adds looking for a senior developer with 3 - 5 years experience. To me that is a junior developer unless they are exceptional so I am concerned about finding challenging work. Jay