>Hi Vladimir,
> Sorry to be troublesome, but I could not get the keyboard shortcuts to work even naming my menu pad as a system menu pad name. Plus, I may not have been clear in my problem description. I am instantiating a standard menu in the form ( not a short cut menu ) containing standard keyboard short cut keys defined in the menu designer. The form has objects on it and is not acting as a "desktop". The menu's keyboard shortcuts will not fire. Is there a particular form property setting required for menu keyboard shortcuts to fire in a top level form? Any other thoughts?
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>Thanks,
>Bill

It's just a guess: Private Data Session Form will restore all environment settings to default, probably, 'cleaning' shortcuts. Anyway the solution might be to 'declare' all necessary shortcuts firing appropriate code from Form.KeyPress event.