>>>How do you disable or gray out a menu from within
>>>a program?
>>
>>one item or the whole menu?
>>
>>the menu is dimmed if the top form is modal...
>
>both - I know you can use PUSH MENU and POP MENU to make the
>menu be invisible, but I just want to GRAY an item or the whole
>menu out.

for the whole menu, make your form modal. for individual item(s), follow edward's advice.