Here's a quick and dirty solution: Start button is located and button click is emulated by sending left mouse button down and up messages.

#DEFINE WM_LBUTTONDOWN 0x201
#DEFINE WM_LBUTTONUP 0x0202

DECLARE INTEGER FindWindow IN user32;
	STRING lpClassName, STRING lpWindowName

DECLARE INTEGER FindWindowEx IN user32;
	INTEGER hwndParent, INTEGER hwndChildAfter,;
	STRING lpszClass, STRING @lpszWindow

DECLARE INTEGER SendMessage IN user32;
	INTEGER hWindow, INTEGER Msg,;
	INTEGER wParam, INTEGER lParam

LOCAL hTray, hStart
hTray = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", Null)
hStart = FindWindowEx(hTray, 0, "button", NULL)

= SendMessage(hStart, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0, 0)
DOEVENTS
= SendMessage(hStart, WM_LBUTTONUP, 0, 0)

VFP window keeps capturing keyboard events. Need to find HWND for the popup window (Windows Start Menu) and activate it.

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