Maybe you should consider using menu system based on TreeView?

>I don't think you're probably missing anything, it's just a struggle to try and understand my thoughts <bg>!
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>I'm basically trying to design a menu system, but using command buttons on a toolbar.... but then with popup menus which act just like a normal menu when moused over.
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>I've always used command buttons and am not very familiar with the menuing system. Most of my stuff has always been modal forms too, so I'm trying to make things a little easier on my clients (ie: to add a new customer instead of having to click about three different command buttons, just minimize the order screen and open the customers screen to add a new record.)
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>I had a hard enough time going from procedural programming to OOP, but then to throw in the modeless aspect was asking too much!
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>I'm sure the "standard" or "generally accepted" user interface design is something completely different, but I can still remember my BASIC professor looking at my test book and telling me that I'd never get a job as a programmer because I didn't follow the "rules".
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>-Sid.