Thanks for the info Eric. I had already found a work-around to the problem (sort of), but your suggestion worked. I'm going to see if I can mix the two methods to get what I want.
>Check the setallprop method of the navbuttons. It sets everything to disabled until you click the edit button. Usually I do .bar.cmdedit.click() if I want to be in edit mode when activating a container.
Thanks again!