Ed,

You could do that, but you probably want to override the LoadChildren method in your aMenu class. Then create subclasses of all classes from there to FilePopup, replacing all pertinent classes in the LoadChildren method.

In this case:

1) Override aMenu.LoadChildren,

#DEFINE NUMCHILDREN 7
LOCAL laChildren[NUMCHILDREN,ALEN(this.aChildren,2)]

laChildren[1,CHILD_CLASS] = "Afilepad"
laChildren[1,CHILD_NAME] = "oFilePad"
laChildren[2,CHILD_CLASS] = "Ceditpad"
laChildren[2,CHILD_NAME] = "oEditPad"
laChildren[3,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cadministrationpad"
laChildren[3,CHILD_NAME] = "oAdministrationPad"
laChildren[4,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cnavigationpad"
laChildren[4,CHILD_NAME] = "oNavigationPad"
laChildren[5,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cutilitiespad"
laChildren[5,CHILD_NAME] = "oUtilitiesPad"
laChildren[6,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cwindowpad"
laChildren[6,CHILD_NAME] = "oWindowPad"
laChildren[7,CHILD_CLASS] = "Chelppad"
laChildren[7,CHILD_NAME] = "oHelpPad"

DIMENSION this.aChildren[NUMCHILDREN,ALEN(laChildren,2)]
=ACOPY(laChildren,this.aChildren)

RETURN NUMCHILDREN

2) Subclass CFilePad as AFilePad
3) Subclass CFilePopUp as AFilePopup. AFilePopup.LoadChildren is:

#DEFINE NUMCHILDREN 18
LOCAL laChildren[NUMCHILDREN,ALEN(this.aChildren,2)]

laChildren[1,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfilenewbar"
laChildren[1,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileNewBar"
laChildren[2,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfileclosebar"
laChildren[2,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileCloseBar"
laChildren[3,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfilesavebar"
laChildren[3,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileSaveBar"
laChildren[4,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfilecancelbar"
laChildren[4,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileCancelBar"
laChildren[5,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfiledeletebar"
laChildren[5,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileDeleteBar"
laChildren[6,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfilerefreshbar"
laChildren[6,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileRefreshBar"
laChildren[7,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cseparatorbar"
laChildren[7,CHILD_NAME] = "oSeparatorBar"
laChildren[8,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfileprintreportsbar"
laChildren[8,CHILD_NAME] = "oFilePrintReportsBar"
laChildren[9,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfileprintsetupbar"
laChildren[9,CHILD_NAME] = "oFilePrintSetupBar"
laChildren[10,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cseparatorbar"
laChildren[10,CHILD_NAME] = "oSeparatorBar"
laChildren[11,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfileuserprefbar"
laChildren[11,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileUserPrefBar"

laChildren[12,CHILD_CLASS] = "AFileSysConfigBar"
laChildren[12,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileSysConfigBar"

laChildren[13,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cseparatorbar"
laChildren[13,CHILD_NAME] = "oSeparatorBar"
laChildren[14,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfiledbutilsbar"
laChildren[14,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileDBUtilsBar"
laChildren[15,CHILD_CLASS] = "CFileSecurityBar"
laChildren[15,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileSecurityBar"
laChildren[16,CHILD_CLASS] = "CFileEventLogBar"
laChildren[16,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileEventLogBar"
laChildren[17,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cseparatorbar"
laChildren[17,CHILD_NAME] = "oSeparatorBar"
laChildren[18,CHILD_CLASS] = "Cfileexitbar"
laChildren[18,CHILD_NAME] = "oFileExitBar"


DIMENSION this.aChildren[NUMCHILDREN,ALEN(laChildren,2)]
=ACOPY(laChildren,this.aChildren)

RETURN NUMCHILDREN

4) Subclass cFileSysConfigBar AS aFileSysConfigBar

HTH

Rex

>I'm getting ready to add a system setup to my menu and I see that there is already a "System Settings". When you click on it you get a message that says it's not implemented yet. This is great, I'm thinking" I'll have this start my program!
>Well it seems that the filepopup is in ctmenus and not in amenus. Does this mean I have to break the inheritance chain and copy the cFilePad into my aMenus and make the change to start my program? I understand from reading the MM Developers Guide that this is not a nice thing to do.
>I'm I missing something (not thinking clearly)?
>
>Any suggestions, comments, or help would be appreciated.
>Ed