>>This is actually two questions that are closely related.
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>>1) The system menu is will documented. I would like to use the edit menu selection's cut and paste options from within my program on edit boxes and such.
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>You should be able to use the KEYBOARD command to emulate the keystrokes for the repsective menu item's shortcut keys.
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>KEYBOARD '{CTRL+C}'
>KEYBOARD '{CTRL+V}'

You can also use the SYS(1500) command.

Copy is SYS(1500, "_MED_COPY","_MEDIT")
Paste is SYS(1500,"_MED_PASTE","_MEDIT")

Note that the bars need to be defined (but not necessarily visible)

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>>2) Along the same lines. I would like to be able to exit a form/prg etc. and have the system menu remain as it was when the menu selection was made. My program is very large and when returning from a selection the menu is back at the main line at the top causing the user to have to go 3-4 levels deep to get back to the area they were working on when they just wanted to get to the next selection.
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>I don't think this is possible, without again resorting to KEYBOARD commands to simulate the user using the shortcut keys to open the menus back up. Eeeuw.

I agree -- except for the last word. KEYBOARD is a perfectly acceptable way of doing this - in fact I think it is the best thing that KEYBOARD does.

Cheers,

Andrew