John,

The sub-form is also modal. And I've discovered a new twist too. The modal form which initializes the menu contains a grid based on a temporary cursor... When the cursor has one or more records, the menu is enabled. If the cursor is empty, the menu is disabled???

I'm building the menu in the PAINT method of the modal form which *should* make it available when the form is active.

I'm working on a "small" .prg to demonstrate this behavior, I'll post it when it's ready.

Thanks


>Hi Larry ---
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>OK, you're not supposed to have access to any other forms, menus, etc. from a modal form and this would explain why it won't fire off unless you launch a sub-form. Is the sub-form modal? If not, launching it might "break" the modality when you return to the first form.
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>>I'm still having a wrestling match with the menu which is not accessible from a modal form *unless you first run, then close a sub-form* then the menu is enabled and accessible
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>>Any ideas???