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Hello, I'm running into a problem with a program I'm writing for my workplace. The main program operates as a sort of 'hub'. It has many Menu based windows that open as child windows within the 'hub' of the main program. Think of it like Photoshop's child windows, only the windows are restricted to the area inside of the 'hub'. All of my child windows have several controls, input boxes, combo boxes, date and time pickers, buttons, etc. When I click the child window, first of all it doesn't activate, and secondly, all of the controls work just fine except for the input boxes. I can minimize or close each child window. I can change the combo box selection, select a date and time,and press a button (which activates it's OnEvent function), however, I can not input anything in the input controls. The controls won't take a mouse click. However, if I tab over from a button, I can input text. If I remove the $WM_CHILD from the window's style, all controls work perfectly fine. As I've searched over the forum, it seems like one can not active both windows at once (although other Windows based programs can and do). I'm truly hoping there is a work around because otherwise, what is the point of child windows? Any help? Thanks! - Fett