Lisa Slater Nicols recently posted an answer to this on microsoft.public.fox.programmer.exhange (I *think*). Don't remember offhand, but you might be able to search for it at www.dejanews.com

>I'm having problems disabling menu pads on a menu on a top-level form. I have created the menu pads with user-defined names. Some menus are
>disabled via a SKIP FOR based upon a global variable. However, when this variable is true, the menu items do *NOT* disable until they are
>selected *then* they disable.
>
>However, if I change the menu so it's NOT a menu in a top-level form, it runs correctly.
>
>Any suggestions for fixing this problem?