Omar,

I think, if I understand correctly what you're trying to do, that you should be putting the processing of the selected names in the menu handler, not trying to do it after you show the menu. So, something like this:

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        cm.Show(TextBox1, New Point(0, 0))
    End Sub

    Private Sub mnuHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        selected = CType(sender, MenuItem).Text
        me.ProcessSelected(selected)
    End Sub

    Private Sub ProcessSelected(string select)
        ' code here to process the menu selection 
    End Sub

~~Bonnie