>> Not use MDI. Have they fixed that nasty bug whereupon child windows are >> minimised when not focused, and when activated the window can be seen >> maximising itself? That has put me off MDI permanently. I have a rather large MDI application (lots of different MDI child forms) and haven't experience this behaviour before. It was started in Delphi 3 and is now written in Delphi 5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz