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How can I set the dropdown height for a DBCombo box instead of accepting the default? I have found code samples for accomplishing this with regular Combo boxes using the MoveWindow API function (see below). I tried adapting this to the DBCombo (I changed the "cbo as Combo" parameter...

Thanks for the suggestion to disable the parent form.  That works well and is a lot easier to maintain.   Unbeleivably, as I was playing with this, I found that I COULD use nested modal forms in VB6!  I had not tried this since I originally failed using...

Sorry, my response got cut off . . .<br>If the form is not the current form, an exit sub prevents the event.&nbsp;&nbsp;It works, but it is messy and hard to maintain.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there a way to force VB to handle nested modal form and their overhead?&nbsp;&nbsp;It seems that this would be a...

I appreciate the problem of too many nested forms, however in my application, the user spends most of his time on the second level, occassionally uses the third level and rarely uses the fourth level.&nbsp;&nbsp;The workaround I am using currently involves a function that is called in each event...

How do you set up nested modal forms?&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, a selection in form A launches form B modally.&nbsp;&nbsp;Selections in form B launch form C or form D modally.&nbsp;&nbsp;To get back to form A, you must close form C and then close form B.&nbsp;&nbsp;VB does not seem to allow more...