>Some good suggestions. I think I'd better brush up on the menus, and check out some of the VFP books.
>
>Thanks for the help,
>Bob

Hi, you could also use the latest version of my Menulib (object oriented menuing for VFP).

The latest version ( currently on my www site only) supports a visible property for any menu item.

So, on activate :-
_SCREEN.Menu.FormMenu.Visible( .t.)

On deactivate :-
_SCREEN.Menu.FormMenu.Visible( .f.)

On destroy
_SCREEN.Menu.Removeobject( "FormMenu")

Get it here :
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~markh/menulib.htm