I have solved this by putting
SetWindowPos Me.hwnd, HWND_NOTTOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, _
SWP_NOACTIVATE Or SWP_SHOWWINDOW Or SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE

at the end of form_load. I have done a search for SetWindowPos throughout my whole project and there is nothing that sets the map form to the front?!!? I would still be interested to see if anyone has any comments on this though.

Regards,
Milo

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