>Hi Fred.
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>>> You can put a PUSH MENU _msysmenu and the DO modalmenu.mpr in the GotFocus of the form, and a POP MENU _msysmenu in the Unload. Works for me. <<
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>< lol > Just goes to show that there is always more than one way to skin a fox. I think it was JVP who discovered the methos of using the paint method to activate the back in the days of VFP 3,0. It worked, so I never explored alternative ways later.
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>Thanks for the info.
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>Marcia

I used to use the Paint method myself. Then found that the Paint method fires off at other times that I wasn't expecting. Even with a flag, it still slowed things down, just because there was code there.