>
>Try
>

>LOCAL ModalForm AS Form
>
>m.ModalForm = CREATEOBJECT("Form")
>m.ModalForm.AddObject("tb", "TextBox")
>m.ModalForm.tb.Visible = .T.
>m.ModalForm.WINDOWTYPE = 1
>m.ModalForm.Show(1)
>

>
>does this disable the menu?

No (neither when Show() is called without parameters).

[cf. attached picture]