>>Sorry for the newbie question- but I haven't done this before
>>Call to the menu:
>>
>>

>>
>> DO ssofficemen.mpr
>>*  ACTIVATE POPUP TRANSACTIO
>>  READ EVENTS
>>

>>
>>Code in the menu bar:
>>

>>ln_mencol = 2
>>ln_menrow = 1
>>CLEAR EVENTS
>>

>>
>>All is well when that activate line is commented
>>
>>I'd like to have one of the menu bars active when the menu appears.
>>
>>When I uncomment that line though, I have to click the menu bar twice to execute the code.
>>What am I missing?
>
>My popups are like
>

> DEFINE POPUP Men_Auftrag SHORTCUT RELATIVE FROM MROW(),MCOL()
> DEFINE BAR 1 OF Men_Auftrag PROMPT dcNutzer_Root_Bar_C01
> DEFINE BAR 2 OF Men_Auftrag PROMPT dcNutzer_Root_Bar_C02
> DEFINE BAR 3 OF Men_Auftrag PROMPT dcDivider
> DEFINE BAR 4 OF Men_Auftrag PROMPT dcNutzer_Root_Bar_C03
> ON SELECTION BAR 1 OF Men_Auftrag *
> ON SELECTION BAR 2 OF Men_Auftrag *
> ON SELECTION BAR 3 OF Men_Auftrag *
> ON SELECTION BAR 4 OF Men_Auftrag *
>
> ACTIVATE POPUP Men_Auftrag
>
> lnBar = BAR()                    && Übernahme Menüauswahl
>
> RELEASE POPUPS  Men_Auftrag
> DO CASE
>  CASE lnBar = 4
>....
>

>
>the dc's are constants

Lutz
Thank you for your reply.
I'm using the menu generator to create the menu.
The code in the .mpr doesn't look like yours.