>>My modal forms are fully modal so I don't have menus in them. I can't help much more with getting menus to work in a modal form.
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>so how do you cope with similar scenarios? ferinstance...
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To make a Modal form have it's own active menu:

In the Form's GotFocus:
PUSH MENU _MSYSMENU
DO yourmenu.mpr

In the Form's LostFocus:
POP MENU _MSYSMENU