Linda,

indeed I do have the same problem or at least I would call it effect. But in my application I do find it senseful because if a message box is open, there is something the user must be informed of and I don't want him/her to do anything until the message was being read.

Unfortunately I have no idea. I would have thought that there might be an optional parameter or something like that to switch between modal and not modal but I can't find anything. Sorry....
But if you find something, please could you tell me?! (Maybe one day I need it, too)

Heike