Just put the call to .ShowDropDown() in the MenuItemClick event handler, after you've processed whatever you're processing in that event handler.

~~Bonnie



>When the menu form is first shown, including
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>processToolStripMenuItem.ShowDropDown()
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>in the form's shown eventhandler shows the dropdowns for that menu bar.
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>I want those dropdowns to be there after excecuting a menu selection, but they disappear and the user has to click the menu bar to show them again.
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>Any suggestions?