Try

cMenuItem = "LifeCyle - Build"
lFound = .F.
FOR m=1 TO CNTBAR("_MTOOLS")
	lnBarNum = GETBAR('_MTOOLS', m)	
	lFound = lFound or (PRMBAR("_MTOOLS",lnBarNum)=cMenuItem)
NEXT
IF NOT lFound
	DEFINE BAR (CNTBAR("_MTOOLS")+1) OF _MTOOLS PROMPT cMenuItem KEY ALT+L MESSAGE "Open LifeCycle - Build Cycle"
	ON SELECTION BAR (CNTBAR("_MTOOLS")) OF _MTOOLS DO "&cAppPath.lcBuild"
ENDIF

>I am trying something like that.
>
>What I am attempting is to locate a popup item I may have placed there earlier. Here some code...
>
>

>cMenuItem = "LifeCyle - Build"
>lFound = .F.
>FOR m=1 TO CNTBAR("_MTOOLS")
>	lFound = lFound or (PRMBAR("_MTOOLS",m)=cMenuItem)
>NEXT
>IF NOT lFound
>	DEFINE BAR (CNTBAR("_MTOOLS")+1) OF _MTOOLS PROMPT cMenuItem KEY ALT+L MESSAGE "Open LifeCycle - Build Cycle"
>	ON SELECTION BAR (CNTBAR("_MTOOLS")) OF _MTOOLS DO "&cAppPath.lcBuild"
>ENDIF
>

>
>But, This fails to locate the menu item without erroring.
>
>I am trying to recall how I use to determine the existance of a menu item.
>
>