Yes, they either have to be numbers or predefine VFP system bar names.

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>Boy, does this go back in time!
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>I was making a change to a menu, generated by VP8 SP1.
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>I ran into a problem.... I had assigned names to the Bars in the Menu Builder. Now, the code blows up. Here is the new Menu...
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>

>SET SYSMENU TO
>SET SYSMENU AUTOMATIC
>
>DEFINE PAD Ordering OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Ordering" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+O, ""
>DEFINE PAD Receiving OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Receiving" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+R, ""
>DEFINE PAD Suppliers OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Suppliers" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+S, ""
>DEFINE PAD _2an0tmktl OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Reports" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+R, ""
>DEFINE PAD Utilities OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Utilities" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+U, ""
>DEFINE PAD _2an0tmktm OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Exit" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+E, ""
>ON SELECTION PAD Ordering OF _MSYSMENU DO FORM frmorder
>ON SELECTION PAD Receiving OF _MSYSMENU DO FORM frmrecv
>ON SELECTION PAD Suppliers OF _MSYSMENU DO FORM frmsuppliers
>ON PAD _2an0tmktl OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP reports
>ON PAD Utilities OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP utilities
>ON SELECTION PAD _2an0tmktm OF _MSYSMENU do unload
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>DEFINE POPUP reports MARGIN RELATIVE SHADOW COLOR SCHEME 4
>DEFINE BAR 1 OF reports PROMPT "Orders Summary"
>DEFINE BAR 2 OF reports PROMPT "Drug Order History"
>ON SELECTION BAR 1 OF reports DO Form frmsummary
>ON SELECTION BAR 2 OF reports DO Form frmdruglist
>
>DEFINE POPUP utilities MARGIN RELATIVE SHADOW COLOR SCHEME 4
>DEFINE BAR Configuration OF utilities PROMPT "Configuration"
>DEFINE BAR PO OF utilities PROMPT "Load Starting PO"
>DEFINE BAR 3 OF utilities PROMPT "Reindex"
>DEFINE BAR Scanning OF utilities PROMPT "Inventory Scanning"
>ON SELECTION BAR Configuration OF utilities do form frmconfg
>ON SELECTION BAR PO OF utilities do form frmpo
>ON SELECTION BAR 3 OF utilities DO REINDEX
>ON SELECTION BAR Scanning OF utilities do form frmscan
>

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>and the code blows on the
>DEFINE BAR Configuration OF utilities PROMPT "Configuration"
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>line
>with "Variable Configuration not found".
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>I thought I could use the Bar names this way... do they always have to be 1,2,3,4...etc?
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>Thanks!