The idea is a pop up box that is displayed on top of everything, can have whatever controls on it, and can exist off the form it is from. I know tooltips get drawn off the form but they are too limited.

I have seen people try to use a second form, turn off the borders, turn off the taskbar icon, and show and hide it at the desired location but the major problem is the main form will blink and lose focus. Even with giving the focus right back after showing the new form, it doesn't look right.

I was wondering if any one was aware of a 3rd party control or a trick to accomplish the same task?