>>I am programmatically adding/modifying menus to my application and have been wondering why I can set SKIP FOR to a function such as:
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>>SKIP FOR NOT oApp.IsFileEmpty('L:\VF\TEXT.TXT)
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>>but when I try to set the message to:
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>>MESSAGE IIF(oApp.IsFileEmpty("L:\VF\SYSDOWN.TXT"),oApp.GetAppInfo("LOTCARD","TITLE"),FILETOSTR("L:\VF\SYSDOWN.TXT"))
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>>It initiallizes properly but it never changes when conditions change in the environment. The SKIP does change when conditions change in the environment.
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>>Any help would be appreciated
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>>TIA
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>Bret,
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>SKIP FOR is dynamic and MESSAGE is static. Message is set when the DEFINE command eecutes and does not change, but skip for, by nature, changes dynamically. To change the message you will need to redefine the bar on the menu.
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>

>DEFINE BAR ## OF PopupName ;
>       PROMPT "..." ;
>       MESSAGE IIF(oApp.IsFileEmpty("L:VF\SYSDOWN.TXT"),;
>          oApp.GetAppInfo("LOTCARD","TITLE"),;
>          FILETOSTR("L:\VF\SYSDOWN.TXT")) ;
>       SKIP FOR NOT oApp.IsFileEmpty('L:\VF\TEXT.TXT)
>

Thanks Jim, that is what I was hoping it was not. A Dynamic message would have been nice, but with all that VFP has this is only minor. Thanks for the response and I will change my application object accordingly.