>>>>
>>>> How do you call a CLICK EVENT from a Menu option?
>>>> At the beginning of my program, I may need to run an
>>>> option off the menu...
>>>
>>>IMHO, CLICK events shouldn't be called by a menu.
>>>
>>>If you need to do it, make sure that the object can either be referenced
>>>by a property of your application object (oApp.myform) , OR make the
>>>object PUBLIC (PUBLIC goMyForm). Then you can just call it
>>>oApp.myform.cmdbutton.click()
>>>
>>>However, again IMHO, if the function called by the click is needed
>>>outside the form, perhaps you should put the function in a procedure
>>>file (eg. myProcs.prg) and SET PROCEDURE TO myProcs. Then you can call
>>>the procedure either from the menu or the click event. (FYI, although
>>>slightly less convenient, procedures run a little faster than object
>>>methods)
>>>--
>>>Matt McDonnell
>>>
>>>Conventional Wisdom - "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>>>Gates Wisdom - "If it doesn't work, sell it, and fix it later."
>>
>>Hi Matt... What I am trying to do is to call a SET DATA PATH FORM that
>>is called off the MAIN MENU. If this is a new install, the SET DATA PATH FORM needs to be called at load time. I thought I would call it from the MAIN MENU. What do you think?
>
>If I understand what you're doing, here's one way...
>
>In the table? where your storing the path info, also have a flag which identifies if this is a new installation. Use your main application object to run a routine to check for the flag an if true, call that form before anything else is executed. You might also consider using a system flag as a property of the oApp which if true diables all functionality until the data path is set.
>
>Does that help?

thanks Matt... I think I was looking at it wrong. oApp.Doform("myform")...
is the only way to go and it is in the samples...thanks again...