See if Re: Using menu from modal form Message #673645 helps.

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>Is it posibble to re-enable a menu option which is turned off (dimmed) by VFP when a modal form is launched?
>Or may be I should ask in this way, it is possible to customize what to be turned off and what not on a menu when a modal form is launched?
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>In my case, I need those shortcut keys that I have set in of some of my menu options (they trigger click() of my toolbar buttons.) and I notice when VFP disables a menu option, so as its shortcut key.