Rich,

You sould use _Screen.ActiveForm to reference currently active form

POP MENU _msysmenu
IF TYPE("_Screen.ActiveForm") = "O"
    _Screen.ActiveForm.Release()
ENDIF

>I have a program which does some stuff, then modifies the menu bar and issues a READ EVENTS
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>DO stuff && Verify login, set variables, etc
>DO myFirstMenu.mpr
>DO more stuff  && set some flags ,etc.
>READ EVENTS
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>In one of the pads in MyFirstMenu I issue the command

DO nnn.app

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>In this app I want to replace the menu and open a form. Both the new menu and the form have Close options as follows
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&& NNN.PRG (main routine for NNN.APP)
>PUSH MENU _msysmenu
>DO namennn.mpr
>DO FORM namefind NAME oNameForm

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>In the form NAMEFIND there is a CLOSE button with the following code

>POP MENU _msysmenu
>Thisform.release()

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>In the menu bar there is also a close pad with the code

>POP MENU _msysmenu
>oNameForm.release()
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>The CLOSE button on the form works just fine. However, the CLOSE option on the menu gives an error

Object ONAMEFORM is not found

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>What am I doing wrong and how can I code this to have the menu option close the form?