drag and drop a form

you cannot drag a form. what are you trying to do?

i don't understand what you mean when you say "you can't drag a form". i drag them all the time across the screen etc. but what i'm trying to do is drag a form that is basically a navigation tool for my application, and allow it to be docked to the top of any form that i drop it on...

you're mixing terms here. you move a form. you don't drag it. drag is the operation part of the drag and drop. you cannot drag a form. sure, you can move a form and you can dock a form. so you have 3 operations here;
- moving (which everybody does)
- drag and drop (which you cannot do on forms)
- and docking (which you can only do with some forms)

for docking, here are a few links.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1SH4u2o3Y (I just discovered these videos a few days ago. vido turials: the new pink lol)
- https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21381469/Create-Two-forms-like-Object-TreeView-Object-Inspector-of-Delphi.html (this might be ok)
- http://news.jrsoftware.org/news/misc/msg02543.html (this I just found. never tested by me.)

i see what your saying,...yes i need to be able to dock form a to form b after i've moved form a over the top of form b and released the mouse...

that's docking, in case you were waiting for confirmation. I know se that you tagged this as delphi 7 :D
from what you describe, you are looking for a behaviour like winamp forms? if so, then better look at this article: http://www.delphi3000.com/articles/article_2251.asp?SK=

i appologize i rushed through these without thinking....i will not do this in the future. i do appreciate the help that i get and rushing through to delete without consideration of your time and efforts was disrespecful and rude. My opplogies