found out it is a know problem. recorded in mskb. to fix the problem a college mine - joe hernandez - made a change to the genmenu.


\*************************************************************************************
\* this code is unchanged
\*************************************************************************************
\LPARAMETERS oFormRef, getMenuName, lUniquePopups, parm4, parm5, parm6, parm7, parm8, parm9
\LOCAL cMenuName, nTotPops, a_menupops
\IF TYPE("m.oFormRef") # "O" OR ;
\ LOWER(m.oFormRef.BaseClass) # 'form' OR ;
\ m.oFormRef.ShowWindow # 2
\ MESSAGEBOX(<>)
\ RETURN
\ENDIF
\m.cMenuName = IIF(TYPE("m.getMenuName")="C",m.getMenuName,SYS(2015))
\IF TYPE("m.getMenuName")="L" AND m.getMenuName
\ m.oFormRef.Name = m.cMenuName
\ELSE
\*************************************************************************************
\* Changed code to provide access to SKIP TO in SDI forms - Joe Hernandez 9/15/98
\*************************************************************************************
\ IF !TYPE("m.oFormRef.MenuName")="U"
\ m.oFormRef.MenuName = m.cMenuName
\ ENDIF
\ENDIF

the change puts the menu name into a custom property of the toplevelform named "menuname". the menuname property must already exists. this allows for ACTIVATE MENU menuname NOWAIT, which updates the skip fors.