>Tried than, still no luck.

Well now, that's strange ... I tried it myself before I suggested it and it did what I thought it was that you wanted to do. Hmmmm ... I wonder what's different? Want to post the relevant code again?

~~Bonnie


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>>.So, instead of putting the code in the MenuForm Shown event handler, put it in the Activated event handler instead and then you won't need it in the MenuItem Click event at all.