I think I may have a solution for you.

Replace your line "&cForm..&cMenu..Visible = > &cForm..&cMenu..Visible = datPermission.Recordset("Allowed") " with

EnableMenu(cMenu, datPermission.Recordset("Allowed"))

Where EnabledMenu is the sub:

sub EnabledMenu(cMenu as string, bEnabled as boolean)
on error resume next
Me.Controls(cMenu).Enabled = bEnabled
end sub

Controls returns a collection of all the controls on your forms, including menu items. The On Error statement will allow the sub to ignore errors if the menu name is invalid.

hope that helps,

jody