>>>I was kind of confused reading your answer. I had tested it with _vfp.hwnd and thisform.hwnd prior to posting
>>>
>>>Anyway, glad it helps - when your form has a caption, this is
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>>So now I need a good idea how to invoke it. Normaly this should be "Alt"+"-" but VFP for some reasons does not open the menu (that's why I end up trying to open it via code). "Alt"+"-" otoh will not be traceable via KEYPRESS.
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>>Any suggestions how to solve this?
>
>If I have understood well -
>
>

>#define WM_COMMAND 0x0111
>#define WM_SYSCOMMAND	0x0112
>
>#define SC_SIZE         0xF000 
>#define SC_MOVE         0xF010 
>#define SC_MINIMIZE     0xF020 
>#define SC_MAXIMIZE     0xF030 
>#define SC_NEXTWINDOW   0xF040 
>#define SC_PREVWINDOW   0xF050 
>#define SC_CLOSE        0xF060 
>#define SC_VSCROLL      0xF070 
>#define SC_HSCROLL      0xF080 
>#define SC_MOUSEMENU    0xF090 
>#define SC_KEYMENU      0xF100 
>#define SC_ARRANGE      0xF110 
>#define SC_RESTORE      0xF120 
>#define SC_TASKLIST     0xF130 
>#define SC_SCREENSAVE   0xF140 
>#define SC_HOTKEY       0xF150 
> 
>#define SC_DEFAULT      0xF160 
>
>#define	WM_CHAR 0x0102
>
>#if .f.
>&& maximize by sending keystroke
>=postmessage(m.thisform.hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_KEYMENU, 0)
>=postmessage(m.thisform.hwnd, WM_CHAR , asc(space(1)), 0)
>=postmessage(m.thisform.hwnd, WM_CHAR , asc('x'), 0)
>
>#else
>&& maximize by sending command
>=postmessage(m.thisform.hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MAXIMIZE, 0)
>
>#endif
>

(@.@ )

If I undersand your code it maximes the form via postmessage.

This is not my problem.

I know (thank you) how to open the windows menu (formerly known as windows system menu).

The problem I have now is the catch the keycombination that should do this.

Windows standard would be "Alt"+"-". A plain VFP form will not act as supposed, the windows menu will not open on this key.
I like to use keypress to read the key and call your code, but Keypress will not be calles if I hit "Alt"+"-".

So this is my problem, how to invoke the windows menu if I hit "Alt"+"-"

Agnes