--------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How do I make the child window inside an Access Window look better...how do I get rid of the Access window around it? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSWER: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is not a good idea to get rid of the outer Access window because it is dangerous to make the app form a popup, and run an API call to hide the parent Access form....because if your app crashes, you cannot just go out and debug, you have to go to TaskManager and kill Access. However, you can issue the following code at Form Open to resize the screen (your child form inside MS-Access parent window): DoCmd.Maximize