hi USE THE SAME API AND ADD TWO (ONE ON TOP AND ONE ON LEFT FOR NAVIGATION OR IF YOU JUST NEED ON TOP THEN ONLY ONE WILL WORK) PANELS TO MDIcONTAINER AND GIVE IT BACK COLOR AS bLACK AND IT WILL BE PAINTED AS GLASS BUT IN THE MDI APP YOU WILL LOOS GLASS ON ALL THE CHILD FORMS THATS WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW